5-27 from: - http://www.baseballrumormill.com/2010/05/chris-duffy-leads-senior-surprises/#more - Senior Surprises - Tony Plagman, Georgia Tech, 1B - While most attention at Georgia Tech is on Derek Dietrich or Deck McGuire, Plagman has quietly had an excellent season. He's hitting .362/.450/.694 with 16 homers and a 26-38 BB/K ratio, though most scouts do not like his swing. Churchill says Plagman "glid[es] at the plate, which usually causes hitters to lose power and limit them to line drives." Fortunately, Plagman plays a solid first base and is a good athlete.
5-25 from: - http://baseballdraftreport.com/2010/05/25/2010-mlb-draft-top-30-college-third-base-prospects-30-21 - Top 30 College Third Base Prospects - 28. UC Irvine JR Brian Hernandez - Hernandez has a similar scouting profile as Derek Spencer, but gets the edge because of better plate discipline and more balanced swing mechanics. Like Spencer, he’s your typical “whole is greater than the sum of his parts” kind of prospect, with the upside of a big league bench bat if everything breaks right.
5-25 from: - http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/MLB_Draft - For some reason, the scout has found $1.5 million to be the bar standard for many players he could see going any where 15th to the second round. That's a large spectrum of players with not a large disparity in talent. Others like Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) High School outfielder Austin Wilson have a multitude of options from which to choose. Wilson's parents are both highly educated and degreed individuals who value education, so Wilson's committment to Stanford will have to be taken into account heavily. He also has a two-sport option, as he would also play football for the Cardinal.
5-26 from: - http://baseballbeginnings.com/2010/05/26/alex-wimmers-update - We spoke with a regional scouting source about Ohio State right-hander Alex Wimmers. “In a look against Minnesota, Wimmers was pitching at what was estimated at about 80 percent because of a nagging hamstring injury. He pitched only two innings in wet and cold weather. Wimmers was 90-92 in this look, which is consistent velocity for him. He touched 93 to the first hitter. His curveball at 78 was good for college baseball, but Wimmers seemed to have trouble finishing the pitch to get the bite he has shown in the past. Wimmers did have the feel for his best weapon, a change-up he trusts and uses against left-handers.”
5-26 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/5/26/1488491/top-5-by-position-first-basemen#storyjump - Hunter Morris has been well-known to scouts for a number of years, and Red Sox fans became familiar with him three years ago when he became their second round pick. However, he was considered a tough sign at the time, and he spurned their offer in favor of a career at Auburn. That career seems to be wrapping up in a positive way this spring. After going through a sophomore slump a year ago, he’s set career highs in almost every category this spring while playing a solid first base, and he could be the first first baseman off the board in a couple weeks. He’s an above-average hitter with solid-average raw power, which is a little lower than what teams usually want from a first baseman, but he’s a solid bet to make it through a system fairly quickly. He’s also an average runner and has an average arm, but he’s not too smooth around first base, though scouts have mentioned he’s improved this year. He should go off the board in either the supplemental first round or the second round.
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