Draft Notes – Jeremy Martinez, Marcus Stroman, Scotty McCreery

Jason A. Churchill of http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/baseball/post/_/id/1604/martinez-heads-class-of-2013-backstops ranked the top five high school catchers so you might want to jot down these names because you know we will be begging the Mets to draft one of these guys a year from June:

1. Jeremy Martinez, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 

2. Chris Okey, Eustis (Fla.) 

3. Nick Ciuffo, Lexington (S.C.) 

4. Arden Pabst, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.)  (is there like an apartment building next to this school that the top junior high players in the state just move to before starting high school?)

5. Zach Collins, American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 

Conor Glassey, an associate editor for Baseball America says “a solid No. 2 starter”. Kevin Goldstein, national writer on scouting and player development for Baseball Prospectus writes “shutdown closer”. And Stephen Guilbert of Mack’s Mets says I don’t know the difference between shit and shinola about this guy. We’re talking about Duke starter, 5-9 Marcus Stroman. A converted reliever, he’s been crazy all season: 10-ST, 73.0-IP, 102-K… Five foot nine… really??? 

Speed Check - RHP Alec Rash (IA) - 91-93, 94, 81-CB, 84-CH 

Garner Magnet (NC) H.S. RHP Scotty McCreery had an excellent outing against East Wake – 6-K, 0-BB, 4.3-IP… yeah, that Scotty McCreery. Not bad for an American Idol winner!