Mack - Draft Notes
(including end of games Friday)
MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline
Cam Caminiti, the cousin of former MLB All-Star third baseman Ken Caminiti, is the second-highest ranked prep pitching prospect for the '24 Draft.
Get to know the 17-year-old southpaw:
(this kid could be around at 1.19)
Arkansas' Hagen Smith and Wake Forest's Chase Burns posted the highest K/9 rates in NCAA history this year. They're Nos. 5 and 6 in this year's MLB Draft class.
Who gets picked first?
(everybody says Smith… I go with Chase)
Konnor Griffin, the top-ranked prep prospect in this year's Draft class, has been named the Gatorade High School Player of the Year.
The 18-year-old from Mississippi has 60-grade power and was 87-for-88 in SB this spring.
(The exact pick he will go at is currently fluid, but I am confident that this 6-4 shortstop will be long gone before the Mets pick at 1.19)
Ian Smith @IanSmittyGA
Great piece of hitting here from 2025 SS Gavin Howard.
Stays back and fires this the other way with ease for the backside 2B.
Physical frame with real tools in the dirt for the former Future Gamer.
GT Baseball commit.
(Got him as a 35d day pick)
A look at the quality pitch mix from 2025 RHP Sam Bettis
FB: 90-92 T93, ASR
CT: 86-88, late bite
SL 81-83, ability to manipulate
Swing-and-miss with all three.
Imposing XL 6-foot-7, 230-pound frame for the K State commit.
(right now, a third day pick)
Aaron Fitt @aaronfitt
Trey Yesavage is just special, I don't know what else to say about him at this point. Will certainly go down as an all-time great in the history of this proud ECU Baseball program. Coming off that partially collapsed lung, he's just putting on a clinic today—allowed 1 hit thru 7.
Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo
This is the 10th time Trey Yesavage has eclipsed the 100-pitch mark this season. His season high is 119 pitches on May 16 vs. Rice.
(an amazing recovery and outing against the pre-season number one team in the nation… Trey was sitting at around the 10th pick this draft and the third pitcher… that could rise now)
Burke Granger @burkegranger
What a gutsy performance from Indiana State RHP Brennyn Cutts. The MVC Pitcher of the Year stumbled down stretch in May, but bounced back in a big way with the Sycamores backs against the wall.
117 pitches | 78 strikes 9IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 5K (W, 7-1)
(I currently have him in the “15th round and beyond” category. Hopefully, this outing will move him up.)
Ian Smith @IanSmittyGA
Quick look at some high-octane stuff from 2025 RHP Grant Wren this morning. Living 88-91 T92 with hard ASR and command to either half.
CB at 76–78 creates depth well while landing for strikes. Razorback commit.
(6-4/190. 87-89 T-91 2025-rpm FB… upper-70s, 1300-rpm curve… at best, a third day pick)
Aaron Fitt @aaronfitt
Big bounceback from Carson Dorsey today, after 2 rough outings in the ACC tournament. Florida State will need him to be good in order to make a deep postseason run, I think. He answered the call today. Encouraging sign for Noles.
(fastball ip to 94… 12/6 curve… too loose but scouts project him as a comer… I have him at round a 15th rounder)
Teddy Cahill @tedcahill
WVU defeats Dallas Baptist, 4-1, to advance in the winner's bracket in Tucson. LHP Derek Clark did Derek Clark things - 9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 101 pitches.
(great outing at the right time for this undersized senior… still, a third day pick)
JJ Wetherholt came to WVU Baseball as an unheralded recruit. He's since become the program's biggest star. On Wetherholt's development, how he handled the injury this spring and his desire to keep reaching higher and higher - LINK
(very quietly has cemented himself into a top 15 pick this year)
Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers
Brady Tygart didn't look right at the SEC tournament, and will not pitch this weekend because of a shoulder issue.
(Tygart has a history of injuries. Cost him two thirds of last season. Continued injuries has pushed him into the late 5th round)
Matt Eddy @MattEddyBA
What percentage of MLB injuries this year are related to hamstrings?
It seems like half the league is on the IL with a hamstring issue.
Why so many injuries? LINK
"If we don't sprint, we can expect to see more hamstring injuries," says Shane Rye of Cressey Performance in Jupiter, Fla. "Guys need to use the weight room as a tool but also not neglect sprinting, movement and mobility."
Rye points out that baseball players often have tight hips and glutes from the constant rotation involved with hitting and throwing, and the hamstrings are forced to compensate and become overworked.
"A hamstring is a slave muscle," Rye says. "If your glute isn't working well, the hamstring picks up the slack. If the external rotators of the hip aren't working well or your pelvis is rotated forward, the hamstrings pick up the slack. When other muscles don't do their job, the hamstrings do it for them."
Most hamstring strains in baseball occur between the middle of the muscle and the proximal attachment at the pelvis. As with all muscle strains, they are rated by grade; Grade 1 is a mild strain or pull, Grade 2 a partial tear and Grade 3 a complete tear, in which the hamstring tendon lifts completely away from the bone. Lower-grade injuries can be treated with simple rest, with dry needling to relax angry muscle fibers and reset nerve fibers, or with biologic solutions such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or stem-cell injections. Depending on severity of the injury, players may return to play in as little as a few days or as long as a few months. Full tears may need to be repaired surgically and sutured back to the bone, with a return to play in three to four months.
Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB
Hard to argue with Florida State 3B Cam Smith’s bat speed. He’ll have suitors all throughout the first round of the Draft. Been one of the more consistent bats all season long. Good player.
Tyler Jennings @TylerJennings24
I've run out of adjectives to describe how much I like Cam Smith as a player. He crushes an outer half FB to the opposite field, leaving the bat at 104 MPH to take the lead early in the ACC title game
(Smith is extremely physical. Bat-to-ball skills are solid. Good runner. ++ arm. Needs to work on the whiffs. I hav him on the 1.10-15 range)
Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB
Josh Caron is an interesting day two bat. He’s freaking scorching right now. His 6th homer in his last 6 games. 16 on the year. Super heavy hands. Legitimate power to all fields. Can catch a little too.
(started out as a freshman striking out far too much and now and is now hitting the ball as hard as anyone in the country. Considerble raw power. Defense is improving. Weak catcher drsft pushes him up to the 140-150 pick range)
3 comments:
Cam Camaniti would work for me, but I very much hope this pick turns out to be a successful one. We need successful ones, like Brandon Sproat.
I would jump on Cam.if he was still.on the board
Not literally
Get a great prospect and an un-salary former all-star coach to boot
Cam has been my first choice since dropping 10 slots
Hope he is around
Then I can be disappointed when we don’t take him
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