11-27-13 – Big League Futures Top 25 Poll – 16 Luke
Weaver RHP Florida State http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/2013/11/26/mlb-draft-top-25-prospects-poll/
12-10-13 – TTF – Top 50 HS Players - 37. Grant Hockin, RHP, Damien HS (CA) -
Hockin is an athletic 6’-2” right-hander whose fastball has touched 95 mph with
late life and sits in the 89-92 mph range. He also adds two solid secondary
offerings in a curveball and change-up, and he locates his pitches well. He
repeats his delivery well and still has some projection left. He is the
grandson of Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew. Committed to UCLA. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-top-50/40532#zz88YJZTOG8iEa1Z.99
11-21-13 – BA Top 100 High School Players - 91 Erik Manoah Jr. RHP R/R 6-2* 210 South
Dade HS, Homestead, Fla. Florida International http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2014-high-school-top-100-with-commitments/
B/R – 11-21-13 - 11. Toronto Blue Jays*: Sean Newcomb, LHP,
Hartford - There’s a lot to like about Sean Newcomb. He’s a 6’5”, 240-pound
left-hander with plus fastball velocity and a potential four-pitch mix. His
fastball registers in the 90-94 mph range and bumps 95-96, and there’s reason
to believe he’s going to naturally add a few ticks as a professional. Newcomb’s
curveball is currently his best secondary offering, though some problems with
his mechanics prevent the southpaw from throwing it with consistency. The same
goes for his changeup and slider, both of which will require considerable
refinement at the next level. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1860341-2014-mlb-mock-draft-early-first-round-projections-for-all-30-teams/page/10
9-11-13 - Sully’s 2014 Top 100 MLB HS Draft Prospects – 68.Darius Day – OF/LHP, Simeon (IL) HS http://www.ninebaseball.org/Wordpress/sullys-2014-top-100-mlb-hs-draft-prospects/
2 comments:
Hey Mack
Hope you are feeling and doing great - your postings are a real blessing. I wanted to catch up on a few thoughts:
1) would going after the Cub SS prospect with Syndergaard be a good or bad idea, and would it be enough to get it done? We don't want to lose elite pitchers, but with a soon-coming surplus even without Harvey and Noah, would it make sense?
On the Harvey tweet with the Yank fan from Bablyon, I know a lot of nice people in Babylon, but some of the mean-spirited ones do tend to babble on, if you catch my drift, like this clown. If the Babylon guy has 1% the success of a Harvey, he has a right to talk. My guess is he then doesn't have that right.
It irked me no end when Mets won the last game of the season, after trailing late, and slipped 3draft spots to #10. I've had the flu, and have been helf-reading posts, but I believe it was you who wrote that there was one guy you really liked but thought would be unavailable at #10 - my guess is he would be available at #7...and while I am all for playing the game to win, I'd have tanked that game for 3 spots in the draft. Just smart.
One interesting article might be to ask readers who among Met prospects not in Mets' top 20 do they feel will have a real major league impact anyway.
Another one might be to look at Mets' first first, second, and third round picks historically, for which the team should at best get a "D" and share your thoughts on how any organization could draft so poorly for so long.
Have a great day.
Thank you, Tommy -
I'm going to answer this a part of Wednesday's Morning Report
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