Mack's Mets: Mack – Draft News – Justin Dirden, Reid Detmers, Justin Fall, Drew Romo, Peter Zimmerman

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12. Justin Dirden, OF, Southeast Missouri State

A product of Jefferson (Mo.) JC who began his career at East Carolina, Dirden has had an up-and-down go of it with the Redhawks. In 2018, he had a massive season, hitting .340/.437/.665 with 16 homers, but an encore performance in 2019 never got started, as he missed the entire season with injury.

Instead, that encore performance came in 2020, when Dirden was showing signs of being the same player he was in 2018. He finished the season hitting .414/.471/.900 with nine home runs, which was good for second in the country, behind only New Mexico State’s Nick Gonzales.

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10. Reid Detmers, LHP — Louisville

Detmers improved his stock over the short spring, showing a plus curveball — maybe the best in the class and certainly the best left-handed curveball in the group.

Detmers is athletic, touches 95 mph and the fastball plays up thanks to deception created by the delivery. I’m not as sold on the changeup as some, but if scouts are asked to pick nits, it’s “he is what he is,” not the stuff.

It’s true, Detmers doesn’t bring a lot of physical projection at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, but the floor is high and he might be the first of the 2020 class to get to the majors.

https://athlonsports.com/mlb/2020-mlb-draft-top-50-college-prospects offered up their list of their top 50 college prospects that will be available in the 2020 draft.

49. Justin Fall, LHP, Arizona State

https://thesundevils.com/sports/baseball/roster/justin-fall/10052 - Brookdale Community College

Was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 122 overall prospect in the country for the 2019 MLB Draft but chose to come to Arizona State instead

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 34th round with the 1009th overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft

Spent two years at Brookdale Community College after graduating from Toms River South High School

During his sophomore campaign, helped lead Brookdale to the Region XIX Tournament Championship, falling to Rowan to finish as the runners up

Pitched 64.1 innings while leading the team with a 1.82 ERA as a sophomore, striking out 68 with just 13 walks on the season and only 13 earned runs allowed

As a freshman, led Brookdale with 64.1 innings pitched, 72 strikeouts, and five complete games and finished with a 7-2 record in his first season at the Community College level

Brookdale went 36-21, including a 17-7 conference record and a trip to the Region XIX Tournament Championship Game

Ranked as the #1 prospect in the Atlantic Collegiate League last summer after compiling a 0.90 ERA, and 35 strikeouts in 20 innings…posted an impressive 35-to-12 strikeout to walk ratio.

2020 ASU stats: 4-starts, 1-0, 5.68, 1.53, 19-IP, 17-K, 16-H

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21. Drew Romo, C, The Woodlands (HS)

Romo is the best prep defensive catcher in the draft. He's a sure thing to remain behind the plate and he can do it all: block, throw, frame. As a point of comparison, scouts believe Romo has a better chance to hit than Will Banfield, the 69th pick in last year's draft who was heralded for his defensive polish. Romo, like Banfield, should go high enough to justify walking away from a commitment to a prestigious school. For Banfield, that was Vanderbilt; for Romo, it's LSU.

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13. Peter Zimmerman, DH, Missouri

Missouri was ineligible for postseason play in 2020, but thanks to a talented roster, including Zimmerman, it was more than capable of playing spoiler within the SEC.

After hitting .287 with seven home runs in 2019, Zimmerman hit .333 with five home runs in the abbreviated 2020 season. Before the 2020 season, as a result of Mizzou’s NCAA sanctions, he had the chance to transfer somewhere else and play right away, but instead, he came back. Now, the Tigers will hope to have him back again in 2021.

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5/31/20

Mack – Draft News – Justin Dirden, Reid Detmers, Justin Fall, Drew Romo, Peter Zimmerman

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