7-07-09 from http://www.projectprospect.com/ : - Tennessee’s backstop Blake Forsythe and LSU’s catcher Micah Gibbs are potential first round picks. Both guys need to improve their contact abilities next spring but have good upside. Forsythe has more power while Gibbs has more defensive value…
7-09-9: Fr. Keith Law/ http://www.espn.com/ : Law critizes Forsythe by saying "he's Adam Dunn at the plate -- it takes an act of Congress to get the bat off his shoulder."
9-24-9: From: http://mlbresource.blogspot.com/ : Mock Draft Version 1 – #28 pick overall - Blake Forsythe, C – Tennessee
1-1-10 from http://www.draftsite.com/ : - #49 - Blake Forsythe C Tennessee 6'2" 220 R,R
1-31: Named to the 2010 Ping!Baseball All American Teams: - CATCHER - Second Team - Blake Forsythe, Tennessee
2-8 from http://www.pnrscouting.com/ : - mock drafted 125th
3-26 from: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/draft-tracker/2010/269724.html - Blake Forsythe, c, Tennessee - After hitting a robust .347/.486/.663 last year, Forsythe is off to as slow of a start as anybody this year. The younger brother of Padres prospect Logan Forsythe, he has a somewhat similar profile to his brother with the added bonus of playing catcher. However, the younger Forsythe, like the 11-10 Volunteers, is off to a disappointing start, hitting .215/.395/.385 over his first 65 at-bats. "Right now he's really messed up at the plate," a National League area scout said. "He's trying to be a big power guy and he has that in there; you watch BP and he's launching balls all over the place—wood bat, aluminum bat, it doesn't matter. But, when he's had most of his success, it's been more of an up-the-middle approach and he'll run into a ball here and there and he's gotten away from that. He's trying to pull everything and he's out of sync at the plate. It's not really the type of season he'd be hoping for."
5-10 from: http://baseballdraftreport.com/ – top 30 college catchers - 10. Tennessee JR C Blake Forsythe - As one of my favorite players in the country heading in the year, Forsythe, no doubt already feeling the heat as a key bat on a top SEC school expected to compete in 2010, had the added pressure of keeping this faceless internet stranger happy with a big season at and behind the plate. He’s responded with a season reminiscent of Jose Iglesias’s 2009 – good, but certainly not top five round worthy like many had hoped. Like Iglesias, it may be in his best interest to return for a senior season to rehabilitate his slipping draft stock. As it stands, his stock isn’t completely down the tubes; legit power potential and super plate discipline will get a guy chances, down year or not. I also think he’s a better athlete and runner than he often gets credit for, but those skills aren’t going to be what gets him paid. If he hits like expected, he’s a big leaguer.
5-21 from: - http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/beyond-bryce - To rank draft-eligible catchers, I used all that information (offense, defense and baserunning) for each of the last three seasons, with more recent seasons weighted more heavily. The familiar names land near the top, but not always in the order you'd expect. And a stats-only approach unveils some sleepers for draft day. 6. Blake Forsythe – Tennessee - These last three spots are separated by decimal points, so Forsythe, the least-hyped of the trio, may turn out to be the best deal on draft day. He has also been better than Rupp and Gibbs if you limit the analysis to 2009 and 2010, as his freshman year was below average.
6-14-10 from: - http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/6/13/1516247/new-york-mets-draft-review - Blake Forsythe, C, University of Tennessee: Has a strong throwing arm and shows power, but his spring was disappointing and there are doubts about his ability to hit well with wood, which could make him a backup catcher in the long run.
6-17-10: - http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/6/13/1516247/new-york-mets-draft-review - There were better players than (Blake) Forsythe still available in the third round, for example: Austin Wates, Zach Cates, Aaron Shipman, and Chris Hawkins were the next four choices in the round, and I can't see how Forsythe is a better prospect than those guys except for a lower price tag. If they really wanted a college catcher, Micah Gibbs was still available. I'm not trying to pick on Forsythe; he's not a bad prospect, but I just think the Mets need to be more aggressive. They have the money, there's no excuse not to…
6-30-10 from Mack’s Mets: - According to MetsBlog.com, the Mets have signed their third-round draft choice, catcher Blake Forsythe. He will be assigned to the Gulf Coast Mets. The 6’2, 220-pound Forsythe played collegiately at Tennessee, where he hit 30 home runs over his final two years at the school. The Mets were able to sign the righty-hitting slugger, convincing him to forego his senior season. With Forsythe signed, the Mets now have three of their top five picks left to sign: first-round pick Matt Harvey, a pitcher from North Carolina, Matt den Dekker, a centerfielder out of Florida, and Greg Peavey, a pitcher from Oregon State. The Mets’ fourth-round selection, Cory Vaughn currently leads the New York-Penn League in home runs with four in 12 games, as a member of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
7-15 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/7/15/1570622/3-89-new-york-mets-blake-forsythe - Blake Forsythe is a patient collegiate catcher from the University of Tennessee. Forsythe attended high school at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, which has a long history of baseball excellence. His brother Logan attended Christian Brothers before going on to be a star at Arkansas, ending up as a supplemental first round pick in 2008 for the Padres. Blake is a different player than Logan, having been behind the plate for some time. He was well-known as a high school player, but he scared off enough teams to go undrafted, and he headed to Tennessee. He didn’t start right away, instead being a defensive replacement and backup catcher in 2008, but he established himself as a starter with an excellent sophomore year. He went to be a catcher for Team USA last summer with Miami’s Yasmani Grandal, and he was thought to be a potential late first round pick entering the spring. However, he’s hit a big slump, only having broken out very late in the year. His tools predict a potential starting catcher at the Major League level, though, so he’ll get his shot. His hit tool is below-average, as he has major troubles with breaking balls, but his raw power is above-average, and he should be an adequate hitter to stick as a starter. He’s a below-average runner, but that doesn’t affect his play. His defense is solid, as his arm is above-average and he’s an adequate receiver, but he has struggled at times with his receiving, as well. He should go somewhere in the third to sixth round range, and he’s likely to sign for slot money.
9-27-10 from: - http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/9/27/1704156/minor-league-season-in-review-brooklyn-cyclones - Quite a disappointing pro debut for the Mets 2010 third round selection (second pick overall). Coming into the draft the big redhead was known for two things, excellent power and lots of strikeouts. Well he did a lot of one, not so much of the other; in a park where home runs were flying out this summer, Forsythe hit just three with a sub-.400 slugging percentage. Meanwhile he featured a mind-boggling 40.5% K-rate, and wayyy too many of them were looking considering he walked just eleven times. Maybe chalk this up to an Ike Davis-like unlucky debut in Brooklyn but considering the kid didn't have a great senior season this spring with Tennessee, I'm already starting to worry that this was a blown pick.
10-2-10: - 2011 Forecast: - Okay... he had a shit senior year followed by a shittier season with the Clones. I still think this is a good pick; however, I have no idea where he will play next spring. He really didn't earn a starting slot with a full season team, but do you you send a money baby back to Brooklyn? Details in April.
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