8-27 from: - link - 3B Anthony Rendon Rice 5'10 1/2 185 R/R - solid hitter with 20-25 type HR power, glove side range and good hands, agile on his feet and solid throwing arm which is plus. Slight hitch in long swing that starts his trigger, will tend to overswing on slow stuff away and out of zone, but get a fb up in the middle of the plate to him and he'll hurt you. A cripple shoot type hitter who generate enough stats to be 3 man in lineup or 5 man to help drive in runs. Ankle surgery on the mend which will be watched closely over the next few months and eventually he'll have 100% running speed back which is ok, he's not a burner, but that's not his game. Producing runs is.
Travis Harrison:
link - OF/CIF, Tustin HS (Calif.) -- Harrison's stock has fallen some since last October when he squared ball after ball down in Jupiter during the WWBA World Championship. Owner of some of the best raw power at the high school ranks, Harrison has developed some leak in his swing and had a tough time barreling the ball in Long Beach last weekend. He entered the summer as a favorite to go in the 1st Round, and his upside is impossible to ignore, but the results have not sparkled over the past few months. However, a strong showing tonight against the elite arms of the high school class could assuage a lot of fears that he has stagnated offensively.
8-19-10 from: - http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=4935 - As a high schooler, Harrison looks like a brute. There is some Matt Williams to his overall build and gait, although I don’t know if Harrison is quite that athletic. He has some pretty big hands and forearms along with a mature, somewhat barrel-chested build, and he looks somewhat like a throw-back (although that may have just been the lack of batting gloves speaking to me). The power in his swing is obvious, using his big frame and strong forearms and wrists to punish the baseball. He swung on top of a ball in the fifth inning and he was able to muscle the ball through the left side of the infield for an RBI single. For most hitters, that’s a weak groundout, and he also put on a display in the home run derby despite being out-slugged by the more diminutive Francisco Lindor.
8-27 from: - http://xmlbscout.angelfire.com/ - OF-1B Travis Harrison Tustin HS, California 6'2 220 R/R - quality power hitter with strength in his bat with very good bat speed, tends to arm swing on pitches up in zone but can hit them with authority which means he's a beast as far as strength goes, will occ chase pitches off-speed and out of zone, but will hurt your fb especially if it's down the middle. Better on the way runner, showed 6.7, 60 type speed, but 4.45 and 4.5 out of box as RHH, arm strength is there to play either corner OF or IF position, fielding mechanics are rough but playable. Eventually a 1B guy for sure. 25 HR 280 hitter with 15-20 sb's and 90 rbi's guy?! It's all there!
Kyle Smith:
8-12-10 from: - link - RHP - Santaluces HS, Lantana, Fla. Smith has a small frame for a righthander, but an advanced feel for pitching. He has outstanding command of a fastball that touches 93 mph with late life. He shows feel for a changeup that has sink and fade and has a breaking ball with depth that is an out-pitch. He's athletic on the mound with a polished three-pitch mix. He is committed to Florida.
8-16-10: - http://www.prospectwire.com/pw/article.php?id=130 - Kyle Smith, RHP, Santaluces HS (FL)- Smith is far ahead of the class in his feel for pitching. He doesn't have the size of the other pitchers, checking in at "only" 6-0, 170. Smith sat 89-91, but it is his off-speed stuff that makes his fastball even better. His breaking ball is one the best off-speed pitches in the nation, and his change-up is a potential plus. If Smith had the "ideal" pitchers frame, we would be talking about a top of the first round talent. Either way, Smith is one of the top pitchers in the class, and he could move quickly through a system because of his advanced feel on the mound.
John Magliozzi:
8-18-10 from: - link - Among pitchers, a few stood out from the rest. East right-hander John Magliozzi (Brookline, Mass.), who at 5-foot-11 evokes comparisons to Atlanta's Tim Hudson, retired the side in order in the eighth on just 10 pitches. His fastball registered at 91-93 mph according to the scoreboard, and none of the three batters he faced made solid contact.
8-19-10 from: - http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=4935 - If you watched the TV broadcast you may have been impressed by a few of the 97 and 98 readings that came up. He wasn’t, and doesn’t, throw that hard, at least not yet, but does work easily and consistently in the low-90s with the ability to touch 94-95. He’s a shorter righty with a little Roy Oswalt to his delivery. He is built more compactly strong than Oswalt is, with a fastball that shows some dip to it. He throws aggressively, attacking the inside with his boring fastball before putting them away with his spike curve. He also threw a good change, giving batters just one more pitch to think about.
8-17-10 from: - http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/08/17/which-2011-mlb-draft-prospects-impressed-as-aflac-all-americans - John Magliozzi, RHP: Despite his undersized frame, Magliozzi is the owner of a power arsenal. The stocky right-hander pitched at 91-94 mph on Sunday and mixed in a quality 80-81 mph changeup. His feel for his slider was not quite there and there's some effort to his delivery, but you have to like the power arm
Sean Trent
8-19-10 from: - link - If Pfeifer looks like he was born to pitch, then Trent looks like he was born to hit. With sloped shoulders, strong proportions and a solid build, he offered a strong presence in the batter’s box, showing a good eye and a solid approach overall. He used his strong, compact frame to produce an equally strong and compact swing with good bat speed. He ripped a high fastball off of Bradley in the fifth, and then another in the seventh off of Caramena for a two-run single, the hit that put the East on top for good. He played both left field and third base in this game, and handled one opportunity at the hot corner cleanly with a very strong and accurate throw to first.
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