Postar hyped up Bryant College (RI)
pitcher, Tyler Madison:
As a freshman, Mattison threw 53 innings for the Bulldogs and
finished with a 5-2 record. After that season, he played summer ball for
Newport (Rhode Island) in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. There, he
finished 2-2 in seven appearances. In 31 2/3 innings, he struck out 33, walked
14, allowed 46 hits and had an earned-run average of 5.40.
In his sophomore campaign, Mattison tied for the team lead
with nine wins in finishing with a 9-1 record and a 3.47 ERA for 80 1/3
innings. He walked 30 and struck out 67. He pitched at least six innings in
eight of his last nine starts.
D-1 baseball has Madison as the 142nd
ranked prospect, out of 150.
Pennlive wrote that one of Pennsylvania’s top
prep prospects, P Nick Bitsko, has been
reclassified and will be available for the 2020 draft:
Baseball
America had Bitsko rated as the top high school prospect in the 2021 class,
citing a mid-90s fastball and upper-80s changeup with a power curveball that
have him established as one of the best young arms in the sport.
According to MLB.com, here are the top 10 prospects in the
upcoming 2020 draft:
Emerson
Hancock. RHP.
Spencer Torkelson. 1B.
Austin Martin. SS.
Nick Gonzales. 2B.
Asa Lacy. LHP.
Garrett Mitchell. OF.
Jared Kelley. RHP.
Mick Abel. RHP.
MLB.com predicts the following player to be
going to the Mets in the first round:
Carmen Mlodzinski |
Rank: 19
School: South Carolina Year: RS Sophomore
Position: RHP Age: 20 DOB: 2/19/1999
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6'2" Weight: 232 lb.
Previously drafted: Never
Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 55 |
Control: 50 | Overall: 50
The Palmetto State's top prep prospect in 2017, Mlodzinski
missed time that spring with a torn fingernail and didn't show enough
consistency for a team to gamble on drafting him and trying to sign him away
from South Carolina. After serving the Gamecocks as a swingman as a freshman,
he opened 2019 as their No. 1 starter but broke his left foot in his third
outing and missed the rest of the season. He bounced back in a big way during
the summer, ranking as the best pitching prospect in the Cape Cod League and
looking every bit like a first-round pick.
Mlodzinski sat at 92-96 mph with his fastball on the Cape and
touched 99 during fall practice, and his heater also features some sink and
run. He flashed a plus curveball in high school but has scrapped that for a
low-80s slider with power and depth that sometimes morphs into a cutter. He
also shows feel for a sinking changeup and could have three plus pitches once
he's fully developed.
After compiling a 5.59 ERA while battling the strike zone in
his first two college seasons, Mlodzinski pounded the zone and posted a 40/4
K/BB ratio on the Cape. The redshirt sophomore has smoothed out his three-quarters
delivery since high school and did a much better job of repeating his mechanics
during the summer. He's athletic and his arm works well, so there's no reason
he shouldn't have good control.
Prep Baseball
highlighted their ‘sleeper’ pitching prospects for this draft:
Collin Bosley-Smith, RHP, Wilson HS, DC
Projectable, athletic righty up to 92 with a loose arm and
sharp slider in the high 70s. Commands the zone and goes after hitters. Figures
to be a tough sign away from Duke, but has the ingredients to make a jump in
the spring.
Nick Swiney, LHP, NC State
A strike-out lefty (95 SO in 57 IP last spring) Swiney
combines present pitchability with upside. His fastball lives in the 89-93 mph
range, while a 78-79 mph changeup is currently his best pitch. He also shows a
quality breaking ball and all three pitches miss bats. After mostly pitching
out of the Wolfpack’s bullpen last season, look for Swiney to quickly climb
draft boards with success in the weekend rotation this spring...
9 comments:
Carmen...maybe in June. We’ll see.
Thanks Mack - these draft previews make the June draft a lot more understanding.
Thank you John.
I really think it adds a dimension to the site.
Mack, those sorts of posts were what first drew me to the site. "You mean, people write about this stuff? Wow!?"
It's such a long road from the school ranks to the big league that no one can predict successfully who will flourish. Guys like TJ Rivera and Jeff McNeil were not really on anyone's radar.
Tom:
What's the cure for longer park fences?
Besides a juiced up ball (he-he-he) maybe stronger hitters or fences that can be electronically moved in slowly (stealth almost) as the Mets fielders head to the dugout to bat after the third opponent out?
I really like the Rob Whalen pichup recently by the NY Mets. he has some videos online. Rob has a great sinking fastball and good secondary pitches. I be he sticks here to open camp.
The Mets bullpen (to me) looks a bit almost "too full" right now. I might try to swing a trade there to leave some room for someone who right now is not a sure thing, like a kid from the Mets' minors or this new guy Whalen. With such a trade, maybe the Mets could pick up a AA or AAA decent player more from an opponent trade partner.
Sneak In
Nice Brooklyn win recently.
I think the Knicks should swing a deal for another big center who can handle the opponent teams big center. Mitchell Robinson is a really good and unique center with the leaping ability of a kangaroo and all. But I really like the two unit sets of five each and another big man "monster" would be well worth it.
I still really like Meyers Leonard. This Miami Heat center is real good and real multi-faceted in that he has the underneath game down and the outside jumper as well. If Meyers got more touches, he'd be a 20 pt. guy each game most likely.
Two units? Why?
Because it gives opportunity to a lot of the decent young players that the Knicks have on the team right now. Secondly, it does something really wise. besides allowing for five set players to bond and know where the others are on the floor, it also "creates healthy competition" between the two units.
They each one practices as a unit and in games, the better unit gets to play more perhaps on something like a 60% versus 40% basis.
There are other good centers out there like Leonard I am certain. And trying to wrestle Myers away from Pat Riley might not be so easy a thing to do. But I wouldn't let that stop me from asking.
Like what?
Three weeks left until pitchers and catchers report?
Who you guys want in the Super Bowl?
I like SF. Better D and solid O.
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