Tanner Scheppers, Anthony Hewitt
Just a two-fer today, a lot to do.
I’m going to cover three guys who are making United Flag Emporium (note: may or may exist) place double orders of red. God, that was a lot of effort to go to for something so stupid.
Tanner Scheppers
Lately, Scheppers has resembled Edward Nigma. Nobody knows what in the world is going on with him. I think Kevin Goldstein can say it much better than me:
“Then came the weekend where he was only used as a reliever, which was followed by a weekend in which he didn’t pitch at all, due to what was initially explained as simply resting his arm for the postseason… it was revealed that Scheppers had a stress fracture in his shoulder–a rare injury that teams need much more information on to properly analyze. Last week, it turned out that he had no such fracture, and that Scheppers would visit Dr. Lewis Yocum to get a final diagnosis that would be shared with teams prior to the draft. While those results aren’t out yet, the rumors are flying once again, and this time it’s that Scheppers has a labrum injury.”
In short, very very bad.
Let’s say some team decides Scheppers is worth the risk. Scheppers throws a consistently mid-90s FB and a plus mid-90s slider, with a very meh change and curve. In his first two years, with most of his playing time coming in year 2, Scheppers had 110 K, 47 BB and 8 HR in 108 IP. That’s not that great. This year he has 109 Ks. I’d love to tell you more, but, well, you know.
Scheppers is an odd one. Teams will know far more than me about Scheppers’ injury situation, and without knowing that, it’s very hard to rank him. (Side note: I will be putting out my rankings on Wednesday). It’s very simple: If his injury problems aren’t dire, he may be worth a late first or supplemental pick. Otherwise, it’s probably best to pass.
Anthony Hewitt
Remember when I said Casey Kelly may be the most athletically gifted player in the draft? Meet his competition.
Hewitt is the typical high-school all-tools no-production anti-me player. Despite his athleticism, he’ll likely have to move from shortstop to third or center. At either position, his natural ability and a plus arm will likely make him a very good defender.
He should be a fine defender, has good (not overwhelming) speed and is very strong. Unfortunately, it stops there. He is so raw that according to Kevin Goldstein (see: article linked above) one scout went so far as to say “”Breaking balls? Hell, he can’t hit anything.” That’s not exactly the review he’s looking for.
Apart from the whole no-hitting-ability thing, a bit of a red flag, Hewitt may not be pried away from Vanderbilt. If he’s picked high enough it shouldn’t be a problem, but I don’t think he should be picked high enough.
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