Draft 2012: Trey Williams, Scott LeJeune, Sam Stafford, Alex Rash

2. Trey Williams, 3B, Valencia (Calif.)  - This former shortstop is a good athlete with strength and the ability to put a charge into a fastball. He has bat speed and bloodlines -- his father, Eddie, played parts of 10 seasons in the majors -- and simply has to trim off some of the problems he's had against better pitching to solidify an early selection come June. He's headed to Pepperdine if pro ball doesn't entice him to sign. http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/baseball/post/_/id/1108/joey-gallo-is-nation%e2%80%99s-top-corner-infielder  

It was a year ago when the mess inside Scott LeJeune’s head made him run away — in the middle of Texas Tech baseball’s 2011 season opener. In the seventh inning, trainer Shawn Lindsey told head coach Dan Spencer he needed to put a new left fielder in the game against Western Michigan. “What do you mean he’s gone?” Spencer recalled thinking at the time. With his parents, Bill and June, in the stands, LeJeune had gone hitless in four trips to the plate. He picked up his glove, helmet and bat, and was gone. http://redraiders.com/sports-red-raiders-baseball/2012-02-11/2011-scott-lejeune-suddenly-left-techs-baseball-team

It was a bad week for talented college lefthanders. Texas senior lefty Sam Stafford is expected to have shoulder surgery that will sideline him for all of the spring, while Oregon junior lefty Christian Jones will miss the season with Tommy John surgery. Stafford was a second-round pick by the Yankees last June after going 6-2, 1.77 as a junior. But concerns about the health of his shoulder caused Stafford to wind up back at Texas for his senior year. Three years earlier, Yankees doctors advised against the signing of second-rounder Scott Bittle out of Mississippi; he returned for his senior year, which was cut short by a shoulder injury. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2012/02/lefties-sam-stafford-christian-jones-to-miss-season/

Alec Rash is a young man of very few words, so perhaps it was fitting that a room full of professional scouts, parents and about 40 of the top prospects from across the Midwest quieted down somewhat when it was Rash’s turn to pitch Sunday afternoon. The folks were gathered at Perfect Game headquarters for the second day of the two-day Perfect Game Pitcher/Catcher Indoor Showcase and Rash was one of Sunday’s head-liners. A 6-foot-5, 190-pound right-hander out of Adel (Iowa) A-D-M (Adel-DeSoto-Minburn) High School, Rash is the top-ranked prospect in the state of Iowa and No. 160 nationally in the class of 2012. http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=6565