4-6 from Jason Churchill/ http://www.baseballrumormill.com/2010/04/a-preliminary-top-5-mock-draft/#more – mock draft picks 1-5 : - 2) Pittsburgh Pirates - Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech, RHP: Drew Pomeranz from Ole Miss and Anthony Ranaudo from LSU are also possibilities here as the Pirates do not figure to take a high school pitcher such as...
4-7 from: - http://mlbbonusbaby.com/ - Brett Weibley, 3B, Kent State: Talk about a rough year. Weibley was a converted third baseman entering the spring, someone who had big closer potential. However, he was still expected to be a possible option at third base, too, as there was some potential in his bat. Not only has Weibley struggled with the bat, he’s probably closed the door to any hitting possibility as a pro. He’s started off at a .228/.302/.421 clip, and he’s now a part-time player. In the bullpen, he’s had a solid season, though with a lot of inconsistency, which is to be expected from a new pitcher. He hasn’t been very hittable, but he hasn’t helped himself with his control, as he hits or walks more than a batter an inning. I guess you can put Weibley’s stock down across the board, and I’ve simply chosen to place him in the corner infield section. Once considered a solid hitter, I see a future relief prospect, and that’s a little disappointing. He’s still a solid fielder with a plus arm, but that won’t be enough to make him more than a one-dimensional relief prospect to scouts.
4-6 from: - http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/articles/DisplayArticle.aspx?article=2248 - I have seen Shipers pitch four times now and he’s been outstanding every time out. I am told he looked rusty in his debut the previous weekend, which is understandable, but he was in great form this time out, striking out the first 8 hitters before tiring a bit and allowing a couple of walks and a ground out. Adding up Shipers’ performances at the Area Code Games, Jupiter and Saturday, I’ve seen him throw 10 innings without allowing a hit while striking out 23 batters. I don’t know how much more dominating you can be. Shipers pitched at the 89-91 mph range with his fastball and showed the ability to both sink it and cut it down in the strike zone. But by far his best pitch, one that had the scouts uttering “wow” just about every time he threw it, was a 78 mph changeup with excellent arm speed at release and hard-diving life at the plate. It was a plus big league pitch and a good lesson for young pitchers: No matter how hard you throw in high school, a good changeup is still going to overmatch hitters. Shipers’ 81 mph slider was his third-best pitch, which is an impressive statement right there. The only issue that scouts have with Shipers, and it was much discussed, is that he is 5-11, 160 lbs with a fairly non-descript build. But his left arm and pitching ability are anything but non-descript.
4-7 from: http://collegebaseball360.com/2010/04/06/cb360-primetime-performers-of-the-week-7-april-6 - Louisville senior first baseman Andrew Clark (New Palestine, Ind has been named the national Primetime Player of the Week, as selected by CollegeBaseball360.com. Clark led Louisville to a 4-0 week, helping keep the Cardinals on course for a possible top-8 seed in the NCAA Championship. The 6-3, 225-pound lefthanded hitter batted at a .556 clip during the week (10-for-18), with four home runs, 10 RBI, nine runs scored, a pair of doubles, a walk and a sacrifice fly (plus a 1.333 slugging pct.). In a midweek game at Indiana, the 3-hole hitter continued to star in his comeback from a ribcage stress fracture. The Hoosiers opted to send their ace Friday-night starter, LHP Drew Leininger, to the mound for a potential 3-inning save and IU was one out from the upset – but Clark drove a 1-1 pitch over the rightfield fence for a 2-run homer and the winning 5-4 margin. The blast ended Leininger’s impressive shutout streak that had spanned 28.2 innings (Leininger also entered the game with a lowly 0.79 season ERA).
4-7 from: - http://mlbbonusbaby.com/ - Garin Cecchini, 3B, Barbe HS (LA): This one can probably go without explaining. Cecchini tore his ACL in March, and the few scouts that thought he had any future of sticking at shortstop had their hopes shredded along with his ACL. Considered a third base prospect in the long run, Cecchini had lots of things to like about him, but with the injury, he’s going to get no time whatsoever doing baseball activities between now and the draft, so teams that are considering him as a high pick will have to make their assessments based on information from last fall and summer. Add in the fact that Cecchini’s LSU commitment is strong and the fact that he’ll be draft-eligible again after only two years there, and you have a high bonus expectation along with the lack of spring looks. That’s a tough combination, and I expect Cecchini to drop further than Luke Bailey did last year, as Bailey’s injury was later in the spring, and he also had clearly established himself as an elite prospect, which Cecchini failed to do.
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