Baseball America’s Top 500 Prospects –
Ht: 6-5 | Wt: 240 | B-T: R-R | Committed/Drafted: Never
Drafted
Scouting Report: Bohm has been one of the most impressive
college hitters in the 2018 draft class and has positioned himself to go early
in the first round after several big performances in front of large groups of
evaluators this spring. With a large, 6-foot-5, 240-pound frame, Bohm brings a
vast amount of strength to the batter’s box, which helps provide some of the
best raw power in the country. Bohm has gotten to that power frequently this
spring, hitting .353/.464/.596 through his first 36 games with eight home runs
and nine doubles. Perhaps more impressive than Bohm’s power output—he also hit
11 homers as a sophomore and six as a freshman—is his improved plate discipline
this season. He’s cut his strikeout rate and significantly improved his walk
rate, taking the free pass more frequently than striking out for the first time
in his collegiate career. He has an exceptional understanding of the strike
zone and always seem to have a plan when he steps in the batter’s box, with the
ability to make adjustments within an at-bat. His loud spring comes on the
heels of a summer in the Cape Cod League, where Bohm was selected to the
all-star game and finished second in the league with a .351 average. Bohm has
done as much as anyone in the 2018 class to prove himself with the bat, but
where the questions will surface for him are on the defensive side. Some scouts
think Bohm will eventually have to move to first base, while others believe his
strong arm will be enough for him to stay at the hot corner.
Fortnite Addiction Is Becoming a Problem for Major League
Baseball –
Harrelson, 73, and his family will be participating in a
frank discussion about his struggles with the memory-eroding disease this week
in an educational conference sponsored by the Alzheimer's Foundation of
America.
Baseball is perfect, as we witnessed last night when Stephen
Piscotty, of the Oakland A’s, came to bat after returning to the team following
his mother’s funeral.
Betting on Baseball Is Not the End of the World –
And then this gambling thing comes along — and, boom, panic.
Major League Baseball warned of “profound effects” on the game. Some worries
were distributional — questions about who will get richer and who will get
poorer. But most of the concerns echoed former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, the man who banned Pete Rose from the
sport. Vincent met the decision with a question: “How do you protect the
integrity of these games?”
3 comments:
Bohm - someday, the Mets entire top 10 prospect list may consist of guys who may have to switch to first base - not to say we should not pick him
Piscotty and Harrelson - two touching life situations
Please, Sandy. No more first basemen. Smith, Alonso, Vasquez... it’s the only position that the org is deep in. Maybe a nice catcher, or a CF.
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