5-12-14 - Trea Turner, SS, North Carolina State - Turner has been showing all the tools that had him projected as a top-five pick before the season started. Over his last 15 games, he is hitting .407/.527/.678 with five doubles, a triple, three home runs and 15 walks. He also has stolen 10 bases, showing off his plus/plus speed and great instincts on the base paths. For the season, he is up to .330/.424/.523 with nine doubles, seven home runs, 21 stolen bases and 30 walks to 21 strikeouts. He has the speed, an advanced approach and now has started to show the power everyone has been waiting for. Some scouts still question his hit tool. I think a team is going to get a steal if he lands in the 8-12 range. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-20-college-players-rise-extended-version/42827#fT3rk0vlpqPHPiFi.99
3-15-14 - East Carolina’s Jeff Hoffman, struggled for the second straight week in a 7-2 loss to Tulane. I was on hand for that one getting my first look at Hoffman this year, and it was not a great look. Hoffman’s defense did him no favors, struggling in the outfield and behind the plate, but he was hardly overpowering anyway, allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits and two walks over 6 1/3 innings, while striking out five. Hoffman did not have his best velocity, working mostly at 93-94 mph and reaching back for 97 in the first and once in the fifth. He did a good job jamming righthanded hitters with his 91-92 mph two-seamer, which had good arm-side run, but he left too many four-seamers out over the plate, and Tulane squared a handful of them up. His curveball ranged from 74-80 and showed some sharp bite, but it did not have the kind of power it had in the Cape Cod League, where we heard reports of it ranging from 79-84. Even in his season debut, he threw some curveballs at 80-83. He mixed in a short slider at 84-86, but his most impressive secondary pitch Friday was his 84-86 changeup, which he threw effectively against righthanded hitters to get multiple swing-throughs. http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/friday-roundup-nola-weaver-win-marquee-showdowns/
3-26-14 – MaxiPreps – Brady Aiken, Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) - In two outings, Aiken has given up just one hit and no runs in posting a 2-0 record. He has struck out 20 batters in 8.2 innings pitched while walking only two. He struck out 12 in 4.2 innings against La Costa Canyon. http://www.maxpreps.com/news/kRbRSgP8z06XdyYf0_JnPg/tyler-kolek,-michael-gettys,-brady-aiken-among-senior-baseball-prospects-off-to-strong-starts.htm
3-11-14 – TTF - Aramis Garcia, C, Florida International
(NR) - Over his last five games, Garcia has gone 8-for-21 (.381) with two
doubles, four home runs, nine RBI and has drawn four walks to one strikeout.
Over 16 games, he is now hitting .424/.521/.763 with five home runs, ranking
among the leaders in all four categories. At 6’-2” and 220 pounds, the
right-hander has an easy swing with plenty of power behind it. As a sophomore,
he hit .321/.378/.522 with 11 home runs. Scouts love the bat more than his
defense right now, but with a canon arm and very good footwork, he has a chance
to stick behind the plate. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-10-college-players-rise-week-4/41715#PjStmsQ7UB5h8BYU.99
3-12-14 – 10 High School Players on the Rise – Grant
Holmes, RHP, Conway HS (SC) - In his first start of the season on March 7,
Holmes struck out 12 to one walk over five innings. He has been reported to be
hitting 97 mph with his fastball, and he adds a plus curveball to go with a
change-up that projects to above-average. With three quality pitches in his
arsenal, and that type of velocity, he doesn’t need much projection — the one
knock on him as many believe he has maxed out physically at 6’-2” and 200
pounds. He has great mound presence and commands his stuff well. Should be a
first-round pick and he seems to keep climbing draft boards. Committed to
Florida. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-10-high-school-players-rise/41773#oFu0m6JRyhOHXIwD.99
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