Joe Panik, Sean Gilmartin, Derek Fisher, Jed Bradley, Cody Asche

Joe Panik entered the season generally viewed as the top shortstop in college and has done nothing to change that perception. Offensively, Panik’s greatest assets are his patience and excellent strike zone judgement. He makes solid contact and hits to all fields. His bat has enough pop to envision 10-15 home runs at the next level. Panik has enough speed to pick up some steals as well. In the field, Panik has good range and soft hands. His arm is average, which leads some to see his future at second base. Whether he remains at short or slides over to second, Panik has the ability to be a high on base guy and solid fielder at the next level. mlbdraftguide







Florida State junior LHP Sean Gilmartin notched his 9th win of the year (overall 9-1, 1.25) going 7.1 innings, allowing 4 runs (all unearned) on 7 Hits and 0 walks while fanning 9; Gilmartin has consistently performed well for the ‘Noles but little has been said about his potential draft stock; we took the liberty to dig a little deeper and here are a couple of pertinent quotes: John Sickels thinks Gilmartin is a “solid college arm” and could be a sleeper in next month’s draft… in an interview with Baseball America a few weeks ago, they wrote, “Gilmartin’s draft stock has climbed this spring. Scouts say he doesn’t figure to last longer than the supplemental first round this June.”; sounds like he’s among that second tier of guys just behind the Cole’s, Starling’s and Lindor’s, and should start seeing some more ink by the prospect paparazzi as draft projections start to get deeper throughout the month… prospectnation







Derek Fisher OF, Cedar Crest HS (PA) -- - The Rangers like to go with the best player available approach, and at this point Derek Fisher is the best player on the board. He has the size (6'3''), power, and speed to become a tremendous asset. The only hold up is he has a solid commitment to Virginia, so Texas will have to open their wallets. GM Jon Daniels has never shied away from spending to get top talent, so grabbing Fisher here would be a no brainer. draftsite





Jed Bradley - Bradley is one of the top arms in the draft class and offers a not-often-found combination of "now" production and projection. The lefty gives you a plus fastball two-ways, two potential above-average to plus secondaries, a simple and repeatable low-impact motion and some projection to boot. He has some of the less refined secondaries among the top tier arms, but should see a nice bump in stuff across the board once he gets into a pro system and is tasked with focusing on better executing the slider and change. He has yet to allow a homerun in 81.1 IP, and while his SO/BB ratio could be stronger he produced a highly impressive 44 strikeouts to just 6 walks last summer on the Cape. There's little to dislike, provided you believe in the motion and arm being too clean not to lead to some tightening up of the secondaries. He's an arm worthy of top 5 consideration and should certainly be in the mix for a number of teams drafting in the top 10. diamondscapescouting.  





Cody Asche - Tall, big athletic frame with thick thighs Quick bat and generated good bat speed - Fairly patient approach, taking a number of pitches just off of the plate - Showed easy pull power to hit a low fastball to the right-center field warning track for a double - Swung through a few too many pitches bullpenbanter.