5-9 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/5/9/1464253/more-seiler-ratings#storyjump - Josh Adams, 2B, Florida, 4D4: Solid college player has had rough junior year. Profiles as utility player anyway due to lack of tools, and he'll need to improve contact rate to project as a regular second baseman. Could be a super utility player that plays the outfield in addition to second and third base.
5-10 from: http://baseballdraftreport.com/ – top 30 college catchers - 15. North Carolina State JR C Chris Schaeffer - Good defensively? Check. Above-average power production? Check. Mature approach at the plate? Check. There really aren’t a lot of obvious chinks in Schaeffer’s prospect armor, especially when stacked up against his draft-eligible college catching competition. Biggest knock on Schaeffer that I’ve heard revolves around his swing. His experience with wood in the past hasn’t inspired a great deal of confidence that his power is more than an aluminum bat mirage. Even if we adjust for a loss of power, Schaeffer’s other aforementioned skills make him an attractive mid-round candidate as a developmental backup catcher type.
5-10 from: - http://baseballbeginnings.com/category/2010-draft - Take a tall right-handed hitter working on a 20-plus home run season and a school record 45 home runs in a baseball town, and you might think that the talk would be all about the home runs. For Kris Bryant, the power has always been there, but he didn’t care to fall into the trap of a DH-in-waiting who would expect nothing but his power to carry him. Perhaps that might be the old-school New England baseball influence in him, or it might just be the hours spent with the track coach running him down while the prospect rags were ranking him up. If there’s one thing a player can do to help himself, it’s to make it easier for scouts to look good when they bring their bosses in to see him. In Bryant’s case, he brought the power, but also a few surprises
http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/05/10/southland-conference-players-of-the-week-8 - Jason Mitchell, the UT Arlington Mavericks’ right-handed pitcher, has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Mitchell threw a three-hit complete-game shutout against Stephen F. Austin to lead the Mavericks to a 1-0 victory on Friday. It was Mitchell’s fifth complete-game of the season and second complete-game shutout in conference play this season. The senior from Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe), struck out seven against the Lumberjacks while only one SFA base runner advanced past second base in the game. Mitchell now owns 101 strikeouts, which leads the Southland and ranks seventh in the nation. He needs only four strikeouts to become the all-time single-season leader in UTA history. Mitchell leads the nation with 94.0 innings pitched and his five complete-games are tied for third in the nation. This is the fourth time this season Mitchell has been named the league’s pitcher of the week.
5-10 from: - http://www.baseballrumormill.com/ - Coming off of a solid outing last week, Pomeranz could not keep the momentum going against Arkansas and their trio of big bats (Zack Cox, Brett Eibner and Andy Wilkins). He struggled, allowing four earned runs on nine hits and two walks over 6.2IP. According to Churchill, "His command was occasionally good, but he could not put away enough hitters once he reached two strikes, and he fell behind too many of them."
5-12 from: - http://baseballbeginnings.com/2010/05/12/drew-pomeranz-update - “He was good. He had a really good fastball, really alive 91-93, lots of 91s. His curveball looks exactly the same way coming out of his hand and then drops on you. He likes to come back with high fastballs after the curveball, again with the same release point. You have to be ready for his curveball because he will throw it any time in the count. He throws an ordinary change-up but rarely shows it to left-handers or right-handers. He can be worn down quickly if worked. His stuff started slipping in about the fourth inning of this look. I’d grade his fastball command a B- and his fastball movement a B- and say that his curveball is really his ticket. His velocity is 78-82, the rotation is tight, a grade-A.”
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