https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-25-seniors-we-want-to-see-in-college-baseball-in-2021/ -
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.
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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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1 comment:
More evidence that there is, as you say, an abundance of talent in this draft.
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