Draft 14 – Luke Weaver, Chris Harvey, Brandon Downes, Mike Papi, Andrew Daniel

2-21-14 – Project Insider - Luke Weaver, RHP — Florida State  Weaver tossed six no-hit frames at Niagara a week ago and has been lights out in his sessions all winter. He’ll face Georgia Friday night. http://prospectinsider.com/draft-prospect-watch-hoffman-vs-fisher

3-25-14 – 8.  Chris Harvey, Vanderbilt Height 6'5", Weight 220 DOB: 3/10/1993 R/R  - The other tall catcher who might drop.  Commodores Link  I gotta put in the Vandy guy!  This is the type of player the Giants seem to gravitate towards.  Good character, good defense, the bat will mature enough later. http://www.yougottalikethesekids.com/2014/03/ten-catchers-in-2014-mlb-draft.html    

3-5-14 - It’s difficult to hide a player with tools, especially a player that plays for arguably the best college team in the nation and a player that just spent a summer in the Cape Cod League with the eyes of the scouting world on him. But, although no one has missed on evaluating Brandon Downes, you could make the case that entering this spring, as part of a prospect laden Virginia roster, maybe the Cavaliers’ center fielder wasn’t talked about quite as much as he should have been. Just in case anyone had underestimated Downes, he made sure to remind everyone of just what kind of next level skill-set he had just two weeks into the college season and on the largest of stages. http://perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=9500

3-4-14 - Mike Papi (1B/OF) - Papi doesn’t really look the part until he gets in the cage and shows the smoothest, most polished, left-handed stroke on the team. He has excellent control over the bat and sneaky, fringe-average pull power. His weight will be a tad heavy on the front foot at times but the bat has a solid average ceiling. He’s stuck at first base right now — where a 55 bat and 45 power don’t quite profile — thanks to an embarrassment of riches in UVA’s outfield but he has the arm and legs to play right field in pro ball. Whether he has the feel for the position is unbeknownst to me as I have yet to see him play there. It’s his best shot at an everyday role. He may get popped in round two or three this June. http://prospectinsider.com/scouting-derek-fisher-uva-prospects

2-27-14 – TTF - 10 college players on the rise - Andrew Daniel, INF, San Diego (NR) - Few have been better offensively than the 6’-1”, 200 pound right-hander. Over his first seven games, he has gone 15-for-28 (.536) with a double, two home runs and has driven in 10 runs. He has drawn four walks to just one strikeout and has swiped a whopping eight bases — equaling his total as a sophomore over 60 games. I asked Aaron Fitt at Baseball America what was up with him this year and he said that he always liked him as a hitter but the stolen bases were surprising. I chalked it up to baseball just being weird sometimes and he may only steal two more the rest of the way. Whatever the case, his aggressiveness and approach at the plate have been noticed in the early going. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-10-college-players-rise-2/41299#ldBBF8hRKzmaiy5H.99