Ben Paulsen –
Clemson… junior… 6-3, 195…
great power to opposite field… 2008: hit .310 with 46 runs, 18 doubles, one triple, 13 homers, 49 RBIs, and a .393 on-base percentage in 58 games… All-Cape Cod League selection: 8 HRs, 33 RBIs, 4th in x-base hits...
#11 Cape Cod League prospect by Baseball America. Makes great contact… disciplined and patient eye… thru 5/6: .380, 10 HRs, 50 RBIs…
5-29 ProjectProspect’s analysis of top 20 hitters in draft: Clemson's Ben Paulsen hasn't shown the patience or power usually demonstrated by elite college first basemen. With very little value outside of this bat, Paulsen will need to show more of the power he displayed as a sophomore (45.6% XBH in 2008) in order to have a successful big league career.
From Clemson blog: Junior first-baseman who is an All-America candidate...has shown good power to the opposite field...son of Tiger Associate Head Coach Tom Riginios, who is in his seventh season at Clemson...a career .287 hitter with 27 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs, and 69 RBIs in 116 games (104 starts)...in three career games at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC, he is 9-for-13 (.692) with three doubles, one homer, seven runs, and seven RBIs...named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List in the preseason...#20 player in the nation in the preseason by TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com...#24 college prospect in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America...won the Omaha Challenge competition among position players in the fall of 2008.
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