My vision…2019 thru 2022 Padres 2019 – Starting Contending Acquisitions **Must take on $$ for 3 years to set the stage …. Sign Harper, negotiate opt-out option after year 3. Will get a motivated Harp who will hit FA at 29 & try to outdue Trout’s $$ Trade for Kluber – team control for… Keep Reading
It’s not easy being the No. 1 overall pick when you fall out of prospect list’s……let’s look at some issues I see in Mickey Moniak’s swing. Bat Path To understand Moniak’s bat path we need to go back in time to understand the root of the swing and the mentality at the plate.… Keep Reading
Preseason Draft Preference List (as of 1/9/2019) Group 1 – 1st Round Top Tier Group 2 – 1st Round Mid Tier Group 3 – 1st Round – Early 2nd Rd Back Tier www.proformance-advantage.com Twitter @sammonroy Keep Reading
Pre-Season Draft Board 2019 (1/10/2019) MLB Draft 2019 Draft Board $$ (floor value/number) pre-season The draft board & dollar values will play themselves out in the coming months. Who will move climb and who will slip? Who will be added to the board? Catchers Adley Rutschman Round 1 (1-1 ) $5.5m Shea Langeliers – Round 1… Keep Reading
I’ve already published a preseason mock and I’ve started putting together my draft board and preference list. Now let’s have a little fun with some draft storylines….. For what will the 2019 MLB draft be remembered? Storyline #1 Bobby Witt Jr or Adley Rutschman? Storyline #2 Will 2020 catching prospect… Keep Reading
MLB Mock Draft 2019 Picks 1 thru 50 (12/25/2018) The details are scant this early in the process….. but for fun let’s decode the 1st 50 picks and check back five months from now. Pick 1: Baltimore Orioles The new regime will be frying it’s first bird……Rutschman or Witt? Well rounded catcher’s are… Keep Reading
1st Ab vs Soft Throwing LHP, good approach vs CH didn’t roll over, flared single RF 2nd Ab vs RH, nice approach again, staying inside the ball & taking CB other way 3rd Ab vs LH, turned on belt high FB. Don’t know velo here. 4th Ab vs LH Recognizes spin well, you hang it… Keep Reading
A Very Early Mock Draft 2019 (As of 8/27/18) Twitter @socal_prospects Keep Reading
PG Pageant Notes Which players will boost farm system rankings? Bobby Witt Jr It’s public knowledge by now that hard contact eluded him this summer. He went 0-for-Area Codes and Perfect Game. According to Samcast 85 percent of batted balls in play were weak, I saw 19 foul balls and 12 swing n… Keep Reading
Hitting a home run in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field is sure enough to drive the hype train into dangerous territory….. Bobby Witt Jr Plate Discipline? Check. Cowboy chaps? Check. Baseball Pedigree? Double check. The ability to spit at balls out of the strike zone is there. Also the athleticism and hand… Keep Reading