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October 15, 2012

Scouting the Draft

High School Infielders and Catchers

by Nick J. Faleris

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Part two of our first draft series takes a look at five high school infielders and catchers who made a name for themselves this summer. As a reminder, this series intends to review some of the top names and performances from this past summer. The goal is not to cover every name worth knowing for next June, but rather to serve as an introduction to the draft class for those who have not yet begun following the action, and to pool in one place a rundown of some of the top performances over the past three months once we start parsing the class in more detail.

Cavan Biggio | INF | St. Thomas HS (Houston, Texas)

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rwinter

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I noticed you don't have a projected round for Mercado....any reason?

Oct 15, 2012 08:18 AM

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rwinter

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woops, must have glanced over it...see it now. Love these articles

Oct 15, 2012 08:18 AM

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lewish

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Nick, thanks for these reports...only thing I would consider including is defensive footage. It is rare to ever see that of these kids...so it is probably hard to get, and nobody tends to do it, but I think that would put these far ahead of anyone else' reports, but then I am a defense junky so maybe that has to be taken into account. Just an idea, they are great regardless.

Oct 15, 2012 09:06 AM

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Thanks, lewish. I have footage of infield/outfield for a lot of players, but in my experience the utility of that footage varies due to the slower speed of infield/outfield workouts as compared to in-game situations. That said, I'm happy to drop in some defensive footage when available, moving forward.

Oct 15, 2012 09:36 AM

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kiloman

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Thoughts on Dominic Smith? Do you think he's a 1B or an OF long-term?

Oct 15, 2012 13:13 PM

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Nick Faleris

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Smith caught my eye last October with the Marlins Scout team in Jupiter. Good offensive upside -- power and a enough feel that he could hit for average too. Tends to get out in front and can be exposed by good secondaries (though nothing jumps out as uncorrectable).

Not a great runner, might be able to handle an outfield corner but probably fits best at 1st (and could be very good there -- incredibly soft hands and picks as well as any amateur player I can recall scouting). Of course, much more pressure on the bat developing to its utmost if he's staying at 1B.

Oct 15, 2012 13:40 PM

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kiloman

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Thanks! One more - Rowdy Tellez. How would you evaluate him offensively and defensively at 1B? Thanks for all the great info.

Oct 15, 2012 14:21 PM

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Nick Faleris

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BP bat for me right now with little defensive utility. Maybe best raw power in draft class but from what I've seen isn't ready to match it against pro pitching.

Oct 15, 2012 14:33 PM

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