7/14/21

2021 MLB Draft - Mets Pick # 13.382 - OF - Matt Rudick (UPDATED) New Info + Mack's spin

 


Matt Rudick


Mack's spin - 

5'9.

Another of those 'because he gets on base' guys.

5'9.

Would never hold his own playing the Green Monster.

Tom likes these kind of guys.

5"9.


RS Junior        OF        5-9        170        San Diego State


5-7-20 - mdc -

 

Matt Rudick, OF, San Diego State - Junior. Was putting together another good season with .313 AVG & .347 OBP. Has some speed and will steal a bag and stretch a double into a triple. Little power though. Also, a smaller player at 5’9” & 170 lbs.

 

PG -

 

Matthew Rudick is a 2017 OF/LHP with a 5-9 160 lb. frame from San Diego, CA who attends Scripps Ranch HS. Shorter athletic build with room to get stronger. Left handed hitter, deep hand load, swings hard and has some bat speed, handles the barrel well and hits line drives to all fields, projects has a hitter with additional strength. Sound fundamentals in the outfield, good footwork with on line accurate throws. Runs well and plays with energy on defense and on the bases, 6.98 at the SS West Showcase in June. Also pitched, low effort delivery with a long loose arm action, extended 3/4's arm slot, repeats his delivery well with good balance. Fastball topped out at 83 mph with consistent tailing life, best pitch is his change up with good arm speed and nice sinking life. Threw strikes and kept the ball down in the zone. Skilled player with a good approach to the game.


2021 stat line - 44-G, 176-AB, .410, 1.151-OPS, 26-BB, only 9-K


2021 NCBWA Third-Team All-American
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-West Region Honoree
2021 First-Team All-Mountaiin West Selection
2020 All-Mountain West Selection

2019 All-Mountain West Selection
 
2021 SEASON (As A Redshirt Junior)Enjoyed his most successful season as a collegian, earning third-team All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) to go with second-team all-West Region recognition from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) … Also garnered all-Mountain West accolades for the third straight year after receiving first-team distinction … Reached base in all 43 games he made a plate appearance, leading the Aztecs with career-highs in batting average (.410), runs scored (61), triples (4), stolen bases (17) and on-base percentage (.484) … Additionally recorded personal bests in home runs (4), RBIs (41) and slugging percentage (.567) … Was the most difficult player in the country to strike out for the second straight year, fanning once every 19.8 at-bats … Contributed significantly to SDSU’s potent offense that finished second among the NCAA Division I ranks with a .335 team batting average and third with a collective average of 9.1 runs per game … Ranked third in the nation individually in runs per game (1.39), eighth in hits per game (1.66) and 11th in batting average … Led the Mountain West in runs scored and stolen bases and finished among the conference leaders in triples (2nd), batting average (4th), hits (5th – 73), walks (T-5th – 26), on-base percentage (6th) and RBIs (T-10th) … Ranked second on the team with multiple hits in 23 games and was fifth with two or more RBIs in 11 outings … Was tops among SDSU starters with a 57.7 percent success rate in advancing runners … Displayed his clutch hitting, with 19 of his 41 RBIs occurring with two outs … Compiled the Aztecs’ second-longest hitting streak of the year at 14 games from April 3-May 8, raising his batting average from .378 to .426 during that stretch …  Set a career high with five RBIs in SDSU’s 15-0 run-rule victory over New Mexico (April 3) … Was a key catalyst in the Aztecs’ big 21-14 come-from-behind thriller at Fresno State, totaling three hits, three runs and four RBIs (April 18) … Was inserted as a pinch runner and scored the winning run in SDSU’s dramatic 8-7 walk-off victory over Dixie State (April 24) … Stole a career-high three bases in the Aztecs’ 13-10 win at Air Force (May 22) … Did not commit an error in 108 chances, finishing with a clean 1.000 fielding percentage.


1 comment:

TexasGusCC said...

Sounds like Jake Mangum profile… good with this pick…