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#27 Nick Plummer

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50
His stock took a hit when he struggled at the World Wood Bat Association World Championship in October and slumped as a senior, but he still should become the first Michigan prep position player taken in the top three rounds since Billy Killian in 2004.

Plummer has a chance to be a plus hitter for both power and average. He has a quick left-handed bat and a mature approach, hitting gap to gap while doing a nice job of recognizing pitches and refusing to chase them out of the strike zone. He shows average to solid speed and can steal an occasional base.

Some scouts think Plummer has the instincts to stay in center field even though he's not a plus runner, while others think he's destined for a corner. If that happens, his arm will fit better in left field than in right. Wherever the Kentucky commit winds up, he's one of the most dangerous high school hitters in this Draft.

#74 Bryce Denton

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 55 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
As the Draft approached, the scouting industry was divided about Denton's upside, but there were enough teams who found his offensive profile intriguing to make him a candidate to be taken in the top three rounds.

Denton does bring a combination of strength and bat speed to the right side of the plate. He uses a leg kick for timing, whipping his bat through the zone to make loud contact. His power shows up particularly to the pull side and there's hope there will be enough to profile at an outfield corner. A fringy runner, Denton has solid baserunning instincts and while not a burner, he can cover enough ground to be a capable outfielder.

Those not in the Denton camp may not think he profiles well enough for an outfield corner, but the team who likes the offensive potential will try to take him early enough to woo him away from his Vanderbilt commitment.

artie_fufkin wrote:

"he faced inferior competition -- to put it nicely -- this spring in Michigan. in a league where every hitter starts with a 1-1 count."

Wait ... what??

I played in a few slow-pitch softball leagues where the batter started with a 1-1 count.  Never heard of such a thing in competitive baseball.

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"he faced inferior competition -- to put it nicely -- this spring in Michigan. in a league where every hitter starts with a 1-1 count."

Wait ... what??

I played in a few slow-pitch softball leagues where the batter started with a 1-1 count.  Never heard of such a thing in competitive baseball.

The count in slow pitch softball should always be two strikes. If you swing and miss, you ought to be forced to give up the game and do needlepoint.
 

Ever notice that the guy who swings and misses in slow pitch softball is usually the guy wearing a full uniform?

Is there any chance they dradt mathenys son?

It's a non-issue now that Tate has been picked, but Mike was kind of being indecisive about the whole thing. First, he said he didn't want the Cardinals to pick his kid because he was worried about him becoming another Chris Duncan or Cody McKay and he'd be better off in another organization, then he said he didn't care and then he did a complete reversal and said it would be kind of neat if the kid played in Jupiter and he could keep tabs on him.
I don't think Mike was being douchey, because he's not a douche. I just think it was another instance of his brain meaning to say something and the words came out differently than he intended them to come out.