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Interesting. Thank you Can’t see Corbin Carroll going that high. Really nice player but he doesn’t have the upside for a pick that high. Same with Langeliers. Great glove just not sure he’s gonna hit. Jung is the guy i’m most interested in. If he can show he can stay at 3B he could go top 5 or even top 3. I love his bat.

I don’t have BA subscription. Can you post the top 10? Thanks

Keith Law just put out his latest mock. If someone with a subscription could post the top 10 it would be much appreciated.

The season starts too early. It's not fair to northern teams who have to play road games for the first month of the season and it endangers the players who have to play in 30 degree temperatures. The start of the season should be moved back to March 1.

I think he's heavy on Bickford, Swanson, Plummer and light on Russell, Betts and Kyle Cody (way light on him).

I've been wondering that as well. His makeup issues have nothing to do with his work ethic or being a bad Kid or a bad teammate. His makeup issues are about his mental approach to the game. Beede has a perfect pitchers body, very good mechanics and outstanding stuff. The only explanation for him not being able to max out all that talent is that he has some kind of mental block. This makes him very difficult to draft because no one knows how to fix it.

That's a really good report. It's good to see he's still holding his velocity. Keller would be a good target in the 2nd round though I like Keaton McKinney a little more.

How did he look? Keller, not Hendry.

Fedde needing Tommy John shouldn't come as a surprise. http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/28946205/mmb2013c078.0_standard_730.0.jpg

Rodon Kolek Aiken Nola

A few other college southpaws are catching up too. Kyle Freeland is pitching his way into the top 10 and Brandon Finnegan and Sean Newcomb aren't far behind.

Virginia vs Miami is on ESPNU. Waddell vs Radziewski.

Aaron Fitt wrote that Hoffman had a drop in velocity during his last start. That along with his lack of command has me worried. I know it's mostly about stuff with a college pitcher but I'd still like to see a little more polish especially with a top 5 pick.

I moved Aiken into my top 5 and moved out Hoffman. The drop in velocity in his last outing is very concerning. Rodon Kolek Beede Gatewood Aiken

Including the posting fee that's $200M+. Insanity.

It was on Twitter and now that I look it was from Oct 18. Never mind. :oops:

It looks like KLaw made a top 30 draft prospect list. Can someone with a subscription post the list or at least the top 10? Thanks

I still like Gatewood. He reminds me of Austin Meadows in the sense that everything he does looks like it comes very easy to him. His swing is easy, he runs easy, he throws easy. He looks like he's playing a game. He has some things in his swing he has to clean up but Gatewood probably has the highest ceiling of any position player in the draft.

Kolek.

I liked Michael Kopech a lot. He's long and loose with an absolutely nasty slider. Alex Verdugo is another guy who looked really good on the mound but he's probably a hitter/outfielder rather than a pitcher. Nick Gordon really impressed me too. He has a real nice short quick line drive swing and could add some pop when grows into his body. He's also pretty smooth at SS and has plus speed. I wasn't all that impressed with Gatewood. His swing is long and he missed some pitches he should have hit hard. Maybe he was trying to do too much but he was turning and burning on everything.

Someone tweeted it. Here's an article Nathan Rode wrote about him on PBR. LONG BEACH, CA—A year ago, LHP Brady Aiken (Cathedral Catholic HS, CA) was a Division I recruit with a thick frame and modest arsenal. After an offseason of hard work, he’s moved to the front of the national stage and is arguably the top southpaw in the 2014 class thanks to improved stuff and a leaner frame. Aiken pitched on the summer circuit last year, participating in events like the Area Code Games and Under Armour All-America Game as an underclassman. He pitched in the mid 80s, touching a tick higher, and had a slow breaking ball that barely scraped 70 mph. Now, Aiken is pitching in the high 80s and can get into the low 90s while also featuring a sharp curveball in the mid 70s to go with a good changeup around 80-81. Aiken dropped about 20 pounds since last summer and it’s evident on the mound as he weighs a much leaner 195-200 pounds than the 215 or more he says he weighed in 2012. “I do Crossfit,” Aiken said of his conditioning. “I do that a lot, running. Last year at Under Armour I was over 215 (pounds) and now I'm down like to 195-200, right around in there. I've been working hard to keep that down and stay slim. That helps with everything I do. I have more flexibility. Just being smaller and more slim helps me out a lot.” Aiken started for the Brewers (Southern California) against the Royals (Northwest) in the Wednesday nightcap of the 2013 Area Code Games. He pitched three innings and faced 10 batters. Just two reached, one of which was eliminated by a pickoff, and seven of his nine outs came via strikeouts. He used each of his pitches to record one, getting hitters to chase his offspeed stuff or simply watch it go by as they got locked up. He started the game off by hitting SS Trace Loehr (Rex Putnam HS, OR), but struck out the next two batters and then saw Loehr break for second so he made the move to first and started a 1-3-6 putout. Aiken got two more strikeouts in the second inning and would have had a stellar night to talk about if he was done, but he came back for one more inning. He struck out the first two batters before giving up the Royals’ first hit, a single on a pitch that OF Cooper Brunner was jammed on. Aiken quickly bounced back with his seventh and final strikeout. The process of going through senior year classes and the baseball season is a whirlwind for prospects, but Aiken has had the benefit of experiencing it secondhand. He was teammates with LHP Stephen Gonsavles, a fourth-round pick of the Twins who signed for $700,000. “I've learned a lot from him,” Aiken said. “He's a great guy. I basically got to do everything he did and got to learn from him. He taught me a lot and so I'm going to put all that to work this year and see what I can do.”

Area Code Games started yesterday: RHP Tyler Kolek- 92-95. He's 6'5" 245 with a plus slider RHP Touki Toussaint - 91-93 with a knee-buckling curveball LHP Brady Aiken- 90-92. He dominated LHP Alex Verdugo- 90-92. Showed plus breaking ball

Saw him play with the USA Collegiate Baseball Team. 5'11" lefty that was throwing 97 with a nasty breaking ball. 3B Matt Chapman and 1B Sam Travis (not listed for some reason) were also very impressive.

if we get good pitchers back, i see no reason to freak out about Olt. he still intrigues me greatly. Agreed. And Theo & Jed aren't going to take him back if they don't have some notion he can turn it around. Better hope it's not the same notion they had about Ian Stewart.

I guess Touki backed out of his commitment to Miami because he's listed as uncommitted. Not that it matters that much but it would be good to have something as leverage. He'll probably commit to some Junior College in Florida.