12/23/11

The Keepers: - #73 - OF - Bradley Marquez

73 .    Bradley Marquez:

Odessa High School in Odessa, Texas... four-star prospect by Scout ... three-star by Rivals ... one of the premier running backs in the state with a No. 29 national ranking according to Rivals ... Dave Campbell's Top 300 Players ...PrepStar All-American ... turned heads all across the state during senior year with eye catching stats such as 2,210 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns ... averaged 9.6 yards per-carry over a total of 231 attempts ... rushed for 1,743 as a sophomore ... became school's all-time leading rusher, passing Bryon Townsend with 3,250 career rushing yards ... led team to Bi-District titles in 2008 and 2009... District 2-5A champions in 2009... two-time All-State selection in football and a state qualifier in track and field in 2011 (long jump) and a regional qualifier in track in 2009 and 2011... a two-sport athlete who has generated a lot of attention for his baseball talents ... selected by the New York Mets in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft in the 16th round (Outfielder) with the No. 492 overall selection... High School Coach: Ron King.

8-4-11: - Stock Up – Bradley Marquez – The 2011 16th round draft pick has said that his deal with the Mets is now in the hands of the Commissioner awaiting approval. Marquez comes out of Odessa High School in Texas and was thought to be going on to college as a football player; however, it seems he has struck a deal to play for the Mets and still hit the gridiron for Texas Tech.

8-15-11: - http://www.redraiders.com/2011/08/14/red-raiders-marquez-signs-contract-with-mets - Texas Tech football player Bradley Marquez on Sunday signed a contract to play pro baseball with the New York Mets and announced plans to continue  pursuing both sports.Marquez signed a three-year contract, according to his agents with Xclusive Sports Management in Houston. They declined to release other details of the deal…  Marquez will be at Tech during the school year and report to the Mets’ spring-training facilities in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in May.

8-14-11 – The Mets signed CF Marquez who will attend Texas Tech and play football there. The Mets have agreed to pay for the school and the Mets will have him in June and July. He was drafted in the 16th round by the Mets, out of Odessa High School, in Texas

9-14-11: - http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/13/3365498/texas-techs-bradley-marquez-takes.html#ixzz1XvtSeqZK - Marquez is playing football this fall with the Raiders and will go through spring football drills before reporting to the Mets' rookie league in Port Lucie, Fla., in May -- 48 hours after his school session at Tech concludes. "I'll start in rookie ball and hopefully progress throughout the summer and see where I end up at the end of the summer and then go start over again next year [with football]," Marquez said. "Everybody starts at the very bottom, and you basically determine how fast you move up."  The Mets awarded Marquez a $325,000 signing bonus to be paid over the life of his three-year contract, and are paying for Marquez's education, which frees the Raiders to use that scholarship money on someone else.



9-18-11: - http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=39990 - Marquez is trying to do better and become a pro at two sports at the same time. He is a great athlete that possesses tremendous speed. In high school he rushed for 2,210 yards and 29 touchdowns his senior year, and also was a Texas state finalist in the long jump. He will play baseball from mid-May to the end of July and then spend the rest of the year playing Big 12 football. Texas Tech signed the number one running back class in the nation this past spring so they asked Marquez to move to wide receiver. A shortstop by trade in high school, the Mets drafted him as an outfielder.



12-7-11: - http://baseballdraftreport.com – Odessa HS (TX) OF Brad Marquez (Round 16) is a ton of fun to watch play baseball. He’s as fast as a hedgehog – hedgehogs are fast, right? Sega wouldn’t like to me, would they? – and one of the five best athletes in the entire draft pool. Best of all, Marquez understands that he’s a speed-first guy who can hit a little and doesn’t try to do anything more than that. With any minimal power prospect there’s some risk – why throw anything but stuff in the zone to a hitter incapable of driving anything? – but Marquez’s speed and athleticism should enable him to get chances as a rangy center fielder.


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