The Initial SaberScouting High School Hot 30
SaberScouting —
... We’ve already gone over the top 5 prep players for the ‘09 draft in about as much detail as possible at this juncture, and now the rest of the top talents will be covered, including an intriguing shortstop/right hander ...
An Extremely Early Mock Draft
Nationals Farm Authority —
... . As expected, RHP Stephen Strasburg is the choice at #1 overall. I was more interested to see who the choice was going to be at #9A. This mock draft has the Nats grabbing a HS LHP Tyler Matzek . Here is a quick scouting report of Matzek from Saberscouting : Matzek works at 89-92, touching 94 with a heavy fastball and mixing in a knockout mid-70s curveball. His curveball is a two-plane bender that is regularly above-average now with a chance to be a plus pitch. He also mixes in solid slider and shows feel for a changeup that flashes above-average. He’s projectable and ...
Praying for change in Seattle
Major League Baseball Blog - MajorLeagueBlogging.com —
... Seattle should stay away from High School picks this time around, as it needs to see results sooner rather than later, and because the best prep offensive player, Donavan Tate out of Georgia, described here, along with other top prep prospects, will probably end up playing football and baseball in college. Let other teams waste picks on these guys, let these guys go to college. ...
