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2012
College Notes/Potential Draft Prospects – Week 2
An article by Former Writers
I meant for this to go up on Monday until I realized this was the week every professor decides to throw a test at you.
If you guys like the idea I’ll try to have the next one up on Monday. I plan to rotate the second tier guys mentioned each week, so next week I’ll include someone like Kyle Hansen from St. Johns while making other adjustments to improve the quality and content.
Mark Appel, RHP- Standford (Projected No. 1 overall)
Stat line: W, 7 IP, R, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 SO, WP, HBP
Appel pitched tremendously to pick up his second win of the year over the 7th ranked Texas team. Observers noted that Appel looked much better than last weekend and topped out at 96 mph and his slider was missing bats.
Victor Roache, RF – Georgia Southern (Projected: Top 15 pick)
Stat line: 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Roache was having a terrific double header until he made the news of the week by breaking his wrist diving for a fly ball in the second game. It is expected he will be out for the whole year. A major blow to his stock.
Kenny Diekroeger, 2B/SS – Stanford (Projected late 1st round – 1st supp.)
Stat line: 6-for-12, 3 2B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI BB, 3 K, 2 E
Great performance offensively, but the errors on routine groundballs don’t sit well when he already has defensive questions.
Steve Piscotty, 3B/OF – Stanford (Projected mid-to-late 1st round)
Stat line: 3-for-14, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI,BB, K, E
Not quiet the follow up weekend you’d like to see after his booming start, but he was still productive.
Brett Mooneyham, LHP – Stanford (Projected 1st round supplement to 2nd round)
Stat line: W, 8 IP, R, 3 H, 3 BB, 7 SO, 2 HBP, 8:9 GO:FO
He is really pitching his way into the 1st round conversation early in the season. The stuff is in his arm and he is harnessing it much better thus far.
Hoby Milner, LHP – Texas (Projected 2nd-3rd round)
Stat line: L, 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, BB, 2 SO, HBP, 2:7 GO:FO
He has average stuff at the moment, although he is still projectable. Just not a good effort against the potent Stanford lineup though.
Mike Zunino, C – Florida (Projected: top 5)
Stat line: 2-for-6 R, RBI, BB, HBP
Nolan Fontana, SS – Florida (Projected: 2nd-3rd round)
Stat line: 5-for-9, 2 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI, 2 SO, HBP, E
Great weekend from him. Definitely making me an even bigger fan.
Preston Tucker, 1B/RF – Florida (Projected: Could go anywhere as a senior)
Stat line: 3-for-11, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, K, SB
Tucker is absolutely killing the ball right now and already has 5 homeruns. I liked him last year and he is definitely improving his stock from the 16th round he was taken in last year.
Hudson Randall, RHP – Florida (Projected: 2nd round)
Stat line: W, 6.1 IP, 5 H, R, 4 SO, 7:8 GO:FO
Lacks an elite fastball, but can throw four quality pitches that includes a quality fastball.
Austin Maddox, 1B/RHP – Florida (Projected: 2nd-5th round)
Stat line: SV, 2.2 IP, H, 4 SO, 3:1 GO:FO / 2-for-6, R
Scouts are starting to think his future is on the mound and not with the bat.
Brian Johnson, LHP/1B – Florida (Projected: Top 20 picks)
Stat line: W, 6.1 IP, R, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 SO, WP, 7:9 GO:FO / O-for-3, 2 K
I expected more from Johnson against William & Mary. Not terrible, but he needs to step it up.
Chris Beck, RHP – Georgia Southern (Projected: Top 20 pick)
Stat line: 7 IP, 2 R, 7 H, BB, 5 SO, HBP (87 pitches, 59 for strikes)
Nice outing that was tremendously efficient. A few too many hits against Radford, but he attacking the zone all game and sometimes a few of the balls put into play will drop for hits.
Eddie Butler, RHP – Radford (Projected: 2nd or 3rd round)
Stat line: 5 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 6 BB, 4 SO (103 pitches, 56 for strikes)
Sits low-to-mid 90′s with projectability, but his inconsistent mechanics lead to troubles with command as was the case in this performance.
Deven Marrero, SS – Arizona State (Projected: Top 8 picks)
Stat line: 4-for-11, 2 R, RBI, SB
If only he found a way to last until the 13th pick.
Brady Rodgers, RHP – Arizona State (Projected: 2nd round)
Stat line: W, 7 IP, 5 H, 9 SO, 7:3 GO:FO
Definitely a name I would watch for the Mets second pick.
Marcus Stroman, RHP – Duke (Projected: 1st round)
Stat line: 7 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 10 SO
And this is why he still looks like a first round pick despite the question marks.
Michael Wacha, RHP – Texax A&M (Projected: 1st round)
Stat line: 7 IP, 2 H, 11 SO
I really wouldn’t be surprised if he is in the conversation for the Mets pick by the time the draft comes around.
Kevin Gausman, RHP – LSU (Projected: Top 6 picks)
Stat line: W, 7 IP, 4 H, 7 SO
Almost no chance he is around at this rate.
Travis Jankowski, CF – Stony Brook (Projected: 1st round)
Stat line: 6-for-15, 5 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, 3B, 3 SB
I really like him. He could sneak up the boards the way Cory Spangenberg did last year. Will probably one up being one of the more valuable players in this class long term.
High school tidbit: Lucas Giolito hit 100 mph in his start Tuesday night. No crazy bonus demands will get him out of the top 5 picks.
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| Marlins | 11 | 31 | .262 | 12.5 |
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This is great. It will be cool to track their progress like this leading up to the draft, plus I get to familiarize myself with some of these kids. I like that you include where they are projected to go too.
Love all the posts here on already Met prospects and potential draft prospects.
One of the reasons I check in daily here.
Stephen Piscotty leads the nation in RBI’s with 19. Just saying…
He is definitely making some of the biggest moves early on.
Amazing how many top prospects Florida and Georgia Southern has. I’d like to see us go after some of their top recruiters.
Shame about Roache. A wrist could be a big deal and unlike Renden won’t even be able to be on the field.
Thanks for doing these updates Nick and good luck on your tests.
Roach could posibly fall into the supp round now.
Sigh ………. I remember not too long ago when it was about FA, Trades, Winning, Major leaguers who can make us better you know, now it’s all about draft picks so articles like this KEEP popping up… SMH
They are not mutually exclusive. Don’t try making people bad for wanting a deeper knowledge of the game.
Join the rest of us in 2012 where we are able to watch the big club and keep tabs on the up and comers rather easily.
Just because you don’t care to know who the best amateur players in the country are, it doesn’t mean you have to knock it. If you dont care about the draft then bypass the posts about the draft. and just read the ones about the major leagues. No need to knock this site for trying to be one of the most comprehensive Mets blogs of its kind. I dont like reading most of your comments, but I suffer through them and keep my mouth shut anyway.
Couldn’t have said it better myself than you two. I am not trying to overlook those things or anything, it is just about getting a broader base. How many times can we talk about Jason Bay saying he knows he sucked and he is expecting better this year? Need some change of pace and new knowledge. More info never hurt anyone.
Random side not: And the mutually exclusive comment was entertaining to read as I am doing my probability homework for stats… Not. Lol.
Ignore him Nick. Most of us love these articles. I love anything to do with amatuer baseball.
Come on, it’s always something. The NLF Draft has become a larger affair than even the Super Bowl. People have always paid attention to the nations best player, it’s just in baseball we have never had the resources or the access due to the sheer number of players. Anything that provides more information is a good thing.
I am not knocking NICK for this article, it’s just this article are more “relevant” now because the Major league ball club is not good anymore because the GM refuse to build a competetent ballclub
No, it is more relevant now because we have guys like Nick and Petey that bust their asses to get us stuff like this and have an easily accessible medium to deliver it.
Look at the Yankees. Perennial division favorites but they still have a legion of fans that watch the Baby Bombers. Some of us see it as part of fandom. Enjoying the past, present, and future.
Don’t try to twist my words you FSB… I have always said that Petey is my favorite writer here in MMO and i thanked him for what he does here, nick is kinda shadowing the same and does a good job imo, i am saying that BEFORE this regime with 3 GM who can’t do anything right in office we seem to be conceiting the season hoping the kids developed into something good to see if we can compete
So you are saying we did not care about the draft or the players while Omar was here? Or that we did not care about the minor leagues when Wright and Reyes were in them? Or Straw?
And I’m saying that until recently, this much info and analysis was not available the way it is today. It has nothing to do with a guy mentioned in a book you’ll never read.
Thanks to the internet (you may have heard of it), there are many more avenues and sources of information for people to explore. Even MLB is making a bigger deal about amateur and minor league players. MiLB.com is almost on par with the main site and they broadcast the draft live on MLBTV.
Paying attention to the minors helps fans identify with players. They get to see them grown and ascend and have a greater attachment to them now.
and what is FSB? Are you calling me a Russian security officer?
LOL, it’s just more middle school rhetoric.
FSB is what donal is and have always been, but i rather do it that way than get thrown out of the site for someone who’s not worth it,… kinda like TRJ86
Right, it’s endearing.
Calling me The Real jamon 86 is just showing his love.
Jamon? you were known by many in MB as the JER*, so people INCLUDING ME started calling you THE REAL JE** SINCE 1986… You’re welcome. ..
Oh Alex, my bad. All this time I thought you were calling me a ham. Now I am devastated that some losers on Metsblog didn’t like me. Oh whatever will I do? Now there are 4 commenters on MMO that don’t like me, I shalt cease and desist for my life has no true meaning anymore. The adoration of irrational people like you is what I strive for each day in my life and now to know all this time that you were calling ME, your best friend and confidant a Jerk? Tom Glavine and I now have something in common, we know true devastation.
Lol, My dear AND beloved friend, if i didn’t like you i wouldn’t be debating with you as much as i do.. you’re one of my favorite people OUTSIDE the CORE… Don’t feel devastated, you are one of the best people here when you don’t act jerky..
Yet if I wasn’t a jerk and you weren’t an ass what would we talk about?
TRS, many things, i STILL talk to Maniac, MNJ from those MB days.. i could’ve did the same with you, although i do admit, it’s fun, because you ALWAYS wanna debate! LOL …
Alex, how’s it going? Been busy with work, but I just wanted to say that I like these posts on the draft. When we had the shoutbox and before the moneyballers showed up me and a few others used to spend hours some nights just chatting about prospects and the draft. Those were the good old days. Even if you had a case of insomnia and were up at 3AM there would always be a few people to talk baseball with in there.
TRS86, is one thing to anticipate the arrival of players like gooden and straw, and reyes and wright, but to talk ALL DAY everyday about minor leaguers, draft picks, prospects, what is brandon nimmo eating today? is zack wheeler tweeting? etc it’s not the way it used to be, even on the years we sucked i never saw this little attention to the majors and as much to the minors, and reason is we as fans knwo that the major league club have 0 shot to compete with equal or superior teams.. and it goes back to the mentality the GM is trying to install on fans, We are not signing jose reyes, we’re getting draft picks and hope in 3 or 4 years they can come up and contribute, and if not, in 3 or 4 years more we’ll do the same…
Lets go back and count the last 25-30 post on MMO and decide how much time is devoted to the minors.
Also, again that interest has peaked all over baseball not just with the Mets. There are 1,000′s of people last year that for the first time signed up to be able to watch the minor leagues live as part of the MLBTV package. You think all of those were Mets and A’s fans?
Besides, here at MMO every comment section turns into the same thing anyway.
lol Who the hell even remembers what the post was about to start with?
Dude, it’s March 1st. Should we talk about another batting practice 30 times? Maybe some financial investigations?
Off Topic: Fangraphs released the top 10 of their rankings of all the broadcast teams.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/broadcaster-rankings-tv-10-1/
GKR stands at #2 only behind the great Vin Scully.
I would agree with that 1-2 placing.
This is my 1st time leaving a comment. The one thing I don’t underdstand is if you are a mets fan why would u not want to know about players in the amateur draft. These are the players we will rooting for in the years to come. All i ever read about is how bad of a job alderson is doing or what a joke murph will be at 2nd base. Am I the only one that believes the mets will not be as bad as everyone thinks. They aren’t going to win the division but I don’t think they will come in last also. Root for your team and everything that goes with it don’t trash it. Especially on march 1st when we haven’t even played a spring training game.
Don’t worry, all this talk will be forgotten come June or July, where things will go from “We’re gonna be in last place” to “WE’RE CONTENDERS!!!”