5-4 from: - http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/05/04/tcbb-players-of-the-week-3 - The College Baseball Blog continues our tradition of naming National Player and Pitcher of the Week. This week we honor Andrew Clark of Louisville as our Player of the Week while Oregon RHP Justin LaTempa is our Pitcher of the Week. LaTempa completely shut down Washington State on Saturday night with a complete game one-hit shutout effort while striking out 10. He had a no-hitter broken up in the eighth inning when Matt Argyroppilos led off the inning with a double. He is the first Duck to throw a shutout since baseball was reinstated. LaTempa is 4-2 with a 2.64 ERA and 50 K’s in 58 IP, while walking only 13 batters. You may check out the full start by clicking here.
5-3 from: - http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/5/3/1456083/interesting-college-hitters-part - Jedd Gyorko, 3B, West Virginia - Hitting .359/.445/.696 with 14 homers for West Virginia, Gyorko's OPS is about 33 percent better than the context in which he plays, a strong number though not superb. However, Gyorko's track record with wooden bats is excellent, and scouts have few doubts that he'll hit pro pitching well. Defense is a problem: he has a strong arm but lacks the range to be a plus defender, and may end up in the outfield down the line. That issue will keep him out of the first round, but as a supplemental or second round choice he will attract attention.
5-3 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/ - A fourth choice is someone you've been looking at for awhile in Zack Cox. You like the difference in floor and ceiling he provides compared to your other two offensive options in Machado and Colon. You believe he has a higher ceiling Colon and a higher floor than Machado, and there's a good chance he'll turn out to be the best offensive option of the bunch. You fully believe he'll stick at third base in the long run, and you don't feel that way about your best current prospect Pedro Alvarez. In addition, if you want to keep current third baseman Andy LaRoche, Cox is versatile enough to move to second base and play league-average defense there. You like the tools, and while you don't believe his power will be elite, you think he'll easily show 25 home run power in his prime, and he'll provide a .300 batting average with above-average patience. He would sign for right around slot immediately and head to Low-A, and you look at this choice in a similar manner to your pick of Tony Sanchez last year.
5-7 from: - http://baseballdraftreport.com/ - 2010 MLB Draft: Top 30 College Catching - 24. Oklahoma State JR C Kevin David - On paper, David is a top ten college catching prospect, but his results through three years at Oklahoma State have been more good than great. There’s not much to quibble with when it comes to his excellent athleticism, strong throwing arm, and above-average glove, but all of that untapped potential needs to turn into production before long. His relatively low placement on the list — it’s possible he goes somewhere between round 5-10 — is more about the players ahead of him than anything else; if that’s a cop-out, so be it.
5-8 from: - http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/MLB_Draft - Indeed, the spelling of Josh Sale's last name mirrors Chris Sale's, but it's pronounced "sull-ee." His middle name, Gasu, is pronounced Nasu, an echo to his Samoan ethnicity. His mature 6-0, 205-pound body is solid and already major-league ready, echoing his father's powerlifting past. Make no mistake, though, Josh Sale is no one's replica. He's blazed his trail in Seattle as one the best prep baseball players in Washington state history. "He grows on you," one NL West scout said. "You're not normally expecting hitters as advanced as him to come out of the Northwest. Especially as a prep player. But when you watch him, you see he's a lot closer than most high schoolers." Sale generates plus power with extremely quick hands and bat speed. He also has excellent bat control, mainly due to his considerable strength. He has some swing-and-miss in him, but that's correctable
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