Ethan Martin, Andrew Cashner, Zach Collier
Ethan Martin
Martin’s another two-way high school player (can play 3B), but is most likely going to make a career as a starter.
This is one high school pitcher who I could see taking in the first round. If he fails as a pitcher, he has a very real chance to be a major league 3B, with excellent defense and plus power.
Still, he could make it as a pitcher. He has three pitches that range from above average to plus, including a low-mid 90s fastball, a plus hard curve that sits around 80MPH, and a very good mid-80s split. Moreover, he’s able to throw all these pitches for strikes.
Martin is a big, workhorse type righty with a clean medical history who should show no problems pitching deep into a game and for the entire season. Feel free to pick him in the middle of the first.
Andrew Cashner
Another good college closer who shouldn’t take long to help his major league club.
After being moved to the pen, Cashner has flourished. His velocity has shot up to the high-90s range, and he complements his fastball with a dynamic but inconsistent high-80s slider. He’s had issues controlling both pitches, but that is less of an issue as a reliever than as a starter.
In his first year as a closer, Cashner has pitched 50 innings with 74 strikeouts, a 1.80 ERA and a .120 BAA. Was I lying when I said he’s flourished? Cashner will be picked by any team who’s comfortable with his control issues, and he should do just fine.
Zach Collier
Collier’s another toolsy high school outfielder, although he’s praised more for his bat than his glove or speed.
Collier has a sweet, smooth stroke that is projected by scouts to allow him to hit for both a high average and solid power at the next level. He also has good speed.
His defense is a little weird. He played the year in RF, but scouts say he should be playing CF, so when he is drafted that’s where he’ll be moved in all likelihood. Still, when he fills out his body scouts say he will likely have to move back to RF. So, right now he’s a rightfielder who should be playing center but not for all that long. He has an ok arm and very good range that should make him a fine defender wherever he is in the outfield, for now, until he’s somewhere else.
If you draft Collier, you’re getting a high-average decent power guy who’ll be a good defender in the outfield. Think, I don’t know, maybe a lefty Vernon Wells.
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