Draft Notes 5-22-12 – Tyler L. Gebler , Rant Mock, Preston Tucker

I talked to Rutger’s (31-23) Tyler Gebler today. We partuclarly talked about his superior outing on Thursday vs. Villanova (28-27). The stat line was quite impressive: 9.0-IP, CG, 1-R, 6-H, 8-K, 1-BB.

“The last weekend series before the tournament is always important. Our bats really came alive which will hopefully carry over into the tournament. I was able to control all of my pitches in my last outing and when you can do that pitching becomes much easier. I'd say we have everything going in the right direction to make a run in the big east tournament.”

1. Houston Astros Mark Appel Pitcher, Stanford

2. Minnesota Twins Byron Buxton Outfielder, Appling County High School

3. Seattle Mariners Mike Zunino Catcher, Florida 

4. Baltimore Orioles Lucas Giolito Pitcher, Harvard Westlake High School California

5. Kansas City Royals Carlos Correa Shortstop, Puerto Rico Baseball Academy 

6. Chicago Cubs Kevin Gausman Pitcher, LSU 

7. San Diego Padres Devin Marrero Shortstop, Arizona State

8. Pittsburgh Pirates Trey Williams Third Baseman, Valencia High School

9. Miami Marlins Kyle Zimmer Pitcher, San Francisco 

10. Colorado Rockies Max Fried Pitcher, Harvard Westlake High School 

11. Oakland Athletics David Dahl Outfielder, Oak Mountain High School Alabama

12. New York Mets Matthew Smoral Pitcher, Solon High School Ohio The Mets have reached for players in the past.  I like Michael Wacha better than any other pitchers on the board, but at the end of the day, I strongly believe that the Mets will prefer Smoral.  The Mets will like Smoral because of his physical tools on the mound. Smoral currently weighs in at 6-foot-8 and 225 pounds.  The consensus has Smoral going 12th overall to the Mets.  Smoral would be a bit of a reach at this spot.  Some believe Smoral has Randy Johnson like physical makeup.  I have a hard time buying that at this point.

NC State freshman LHSP Carlos Rodon named ACC’s Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Mets get Courtney Hawkins, Jesse Winker and Kolby Copeland in PG Mock Draft.

 Preston Tucker

Florida senior outfielder Preston Tucker went 8-for-14 this weekend against Auburn. Tucker’s eight hits included two doubles and two home runs. The Gators took two out of three from the Tigers and Tucker is now hitting .321/.405/.601 on the season. Catcher Mike Zunino also had a great weekend, going 4-for-10 with two doubles and his 15th home run of the year. Zunino is a lock to be a top five pick in June and is now hitting .324/.386/.657.