Good
morning.
Andrew
Vaughn is MLB Pipeline’s 3rd best 2019
MLB Draft prospect
Relatively
unheralded out of high school, Vaughn put himself on the map as a freshman by
tying for the Cal lead in home runs and winning PAC-12 Freshman of the Year
honors. He made that season look pedestrian by hitting .402 with 23 home runs
in 2018 and became one of the few underclassmen to win the Golden Spikes Award.
The
argument can be made that Vaughn is the best all-around hitter in this Draft
class. He has a very advanced approach at the plate, one that has allowed him
to walk much more than he has struck out over his first two years at Cal, with
a knack for barreling up the baseball. He doesn’t sacrifice power as a result,
showing the ability to hit the ball out to all fields, profiling as a true
middle-of-the-order run producer in the future. He’s a first baseman only, but
should be fine there, with decent hands and a solid arm that allowed him to
pitch as a freshman.
Mack – Sounds like a
first baseman we drafted in the 2nd round a few years ago.
The
righty seemed ready to be a significant piece of the 2018 Mets, until his ulnar
collateral ligament decided otherwise.
T.J. Rivera underwent
Tommy-John surgery late in the 2017 season and has yet to return to a big
league field. Rivera was initially slated to return in May but later saw his
rehab pushed back to July.
Mack – Strangely, you aren’t going to find any definitive answer
in this article. so I have no idea why it was written.
Word I have received is he is far from ready and we need to find
an alternative as a UT-IFer come opening day.
Perfect Game
Top 10-15 Draft Prospects –
6-1 200
L/R 3B Neptune Beach, FL South
Carolina Providence Elite Squad
Houston Astros Scout Team/Elite
Squad
Showed big power in his bat this
summer with 400+ foot HRs
11 Matthew Allan
6-3 210
R/R RHP Sanford, FL Florida Seminole Canes 17U National
Canes National 17U
Up
to 95 mph and very good at PGNational. Dominant at PG All American Classic
12 Quinn Priester
6-3 190
R/R RHP Cary, IL TCU Cary-Grove Community Blackhawks National
Blackhawks National
Up
to 93 mph at PG National with a lot of life with an outstanding breaking ball
13 Judson Fabian
6-1
190 R/L OF Ocala, FL Florida Trinity
Catholic Orlando Scorpions
Padres Scout Team (Scorpions/Team
GA)
Can
flat out mash. Bat stood out at PG National and WWBA. Lots of HRs in PG
Tournaments
14 JJ Goss
6-3
185 R/R RHP Cypress, TX Texas A&M Cypress
Ranch Hunter Pence Baseball -
Danielson
Hunter Pence Baseball - Danielson
Showed
big time stuff at 17u WWBA Playoffs up to 96 mph. Up to 94 mph at PG National
and very good at PG All Americal Classic.
15 Jack Leiter
6-1 195
R/R Summit, NJ Vanderbilt Delbarton Tri State Arsenal
Tri-State Arsenal 17U National
Very
good at Area Codes and PG All American Classic. Up to 94 mph at PG National.
Lows 90s RHP who showed outstanding pitchability at PG Underclass AA Games
Hunter Barco, LHP, The Bolles School (Jacksonville,
Fla.): Barco is starting to look like a bit of a polarizing prospect, as some
weren't in love with his arm slot, which seemed to lower as the summer
progressed. But he was still up to 93 mph and throwing his breaking ball for
strikes at the end of the showcase circuit.
Matt Wallner, OF, Southern Miss: Wallner had a brief
stint with Team USA, hitting just .154 over four games. He continued his summer
on the Cape and hit four homers while driving in 11 over 23 regular-season
games before going 5-for-15 in the playoffs. He didn't pitch this summer, but
he closes for Southern Miss with a fastball that touches the upper-90s.
14 comments:
Minaya has officially expressed the very real possibility that Cespedes may not return at all in 2019.
He said that the Mets have to look at anything that Cespedes contributes this year as a bonus.
Can we finally put an end to any thoughts and talk entertaining the notion of settling for a "place-holder" fill-in until Cespedes returns?
Can the conversations about not needing Harper because there will be too many outfielders when Cespedes returns end?
Andrew Vaughn sounds a lot more like Mo Vaughn than Cory Vaughn. We would be fortunate to get this Andrew.
Callihan power sounds good too.
TJ Rivera - how can a position player miss 2 years with Tommy John surgery???? And still not be ready???? A page out of the David Wright playbook of eternal injuries. Seems Cespedes photocopied that page.
Bob -
We all need to forget Cespedes.
If he comes back... fine... but let's remember he just gets older every day.
Mack,
Cespedes is getting richer too. What a waste.
There's no reason to suspect that his heel surgery is a career - ender. If he can't return this season, he certainly should be back for the next. If we sign someone for more than a year, what does that mean for Nimmo and 4to?
I may be the only one here who hasn't written Lag off, but I still believe he belongs here.
I like Pollock, but if the reports of him looking for 4-5 years are true it's time to look elsewhere
Another reason why avoiding long-term deals makes sense
Sounds like Tulo, who had a similar injury and who signed for the major league minimum with - ahem, who else? - the Yanks, may be healthy and agile again. But it took him quite a while.
Cespedes will probably return 100% healthy in 2020 - hit 12 homers in spring training 2020 - and then collide with Lagares on opening day in 2020 and miss 5 months.
Not all long term deals are terrible.
Especially when given to mid 20 year olds.
Ex. Alex Rodriguez's 1st long term contract
Mike Trout's current contract.
There are always exceptions, Bob. Just looking at the Mets, though, David was as young then as Harper and Machado are now. And what did the Marlins get after they outbid us to give Jose a long-term deal?
Ah, but Wright suffered from a documented back issue before signing the long term contract. It was not given as much attention as it should have at the time, because baseball was just leaving the steroid era where injuries were more easily recovered from and players prime years lasted longer into their 30's.
Today, players with similar injuries would not be considered for such a contract
I am not young, but I am not hurt, either, so I would be open to a 10 year, $200 million contract myself. How about you guys?
Maybe I'll go to Gooden's fantasy camp to prove I have what it takes.
For twelve millions bucks, I woulda gone Nelson Cruzing to prepare for Lagares bruising.
Mets' apparent thinking...you Cruz, you lose.
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