NL West Draft Review S19

Cheyenne Marmots

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	29	Moose Ingram	CF	18	HS	$1,380K	Good speed and contact combo on a player who could step into a starting 2B role in a few seasons. He doesn't have great power but could be a valuable leadoff man
2	85	Cliff Gibson	RP	22	COL	$550K	College closer who was the career saves leader at Armstrong Atlantic state. He is considered weak against right handers but does have 2 elite pitches and good control. He will have a tough time proving his worth in the ML with his weak right handed split.
3	117	Fernando Perez	SP	18	HS	---	Pure fly ball pitcher who induces almost all popups with his flame throwing arm. He 3 plus pitches and above average control. He should be close to his projections and will need to be with his slightly above average splits.
4	149	Houston Flores	2B	18	HS	$350K	All speed and contact is Flores, he is a below average 2B. Scouts project him to top out at AAA with his average splits and if he's lucky slips into the Ml for a cup of coffee
5	181	Michael Williams	3B	18	HS	$250K	Slightly above average power hitter. He is a solid fielder and projects out to be a solid ML'er. He is known to be a little lazy and it might take time to get his value out of him, if at all.

SUMMARY: When you are picking at the bottom of each round, you just look for value picks. Many of these picks will have some flaws and others are deep sleepers. The Marmots pulled strongly from each category. Ingram will have a solid Ml career, but is not for everyone's taste. Gibson and Perez are both sleeper picks. Williams is a great pick in the 5^th round.

Grade: B

Colorado Springs Organizational Filler

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Contract	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	31	Butch Brantley	SP	18	HS	MILB	$1,190K	Lacks the control to be an elite pitcher, but does have 4 ML pitchers and he's almost unhittable against right handers. I think he will be an all-star a few times in his career similar to Kiki Soto.
1	50	Bryan Villone	RP	21	COL	MILB	$600K	Great reliever with all the tools to be successful, but he needs to rest more than the average reliever. Played correctly he's an all star
1	55	Al Martin	RP	18	HS	MILB	$600K	3 pitches average control and solid splits should get him a shot in the league. He's not a superstar, but he is a solid player.
2	87	Louie Olivares	3B	18	HS	MILB	$550K	Slightly above average hitter. Olivares might not do one thing good enough to get him Ml playing time, but he does everything well enough to always be in the conversation.
3	119	Fred Carter	RP	18	HS	MILB	$425K	2 pitch power reliever with solid control and splits. Got to like this pitcher in the 4th.
4	151	Juan Chavez	RP	18	HS	MILB	$360K	Low durability reliever who has 3 legit pitches average control and above average splits. With the proper GM he could be a valuable guy for 40 innings a season.
5	183	Damaso Prieto	C	18	HS	MILB	$250K	Better suited as a DH, He is power hitter who projects to be a .250 batter with 30Hr and 110K. Good pick up late in the 5th.

SUMMARY: 3 bottom of the 1^st round picks and they got the next Kiki Soto In the making. Not a bad guy if he can fill those shoes. Villone and Martin are the kind of relievers who teams either love or find themselves frustrated with; I love them in the bottom of the 1^st round. I love late round gems Carter, Chavez and Prieto. Very strong draft for the Fillers.

Grade: A

Colorado Mile High Club

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	26	Charles Remlinger	2B	18	HS	---	Slightly below average in the field, but he does offer a solid bat with plus power. Remmy has the potential of a 35+ homerun guy in Colorado. He is not extremely fast but could sneak in 10 bases a season without too much trouble. He is not a game changer but could be a nice stud to have on the farmhand given regular at bats too. He probably will not sign though.
1	47	James Ainsworth	3B	18	HS	---	Poor Runner with solid speed trumps this slightly above average batter with excellent splits. He really can't see the ball at all and if signed needs to be fitted for glasses.
2	82	Bruce O'Rourke	LF	18	HS	---	Speedy LF with great baseball splits and a solid batting eye. He is an average hitter who is destining to be a .240 hitter with 30+ stolen bases. If he played anywhere else in the field he might be a ML lock, but in LF he's a maybe.
3	114	Ben Kelly	RF	18	HS	---	NOY SCOUTED seeking 6.5M
4	146	Denny Fikac	RF	18	HS	$580K	With great power come great strikeouts. Fikac is a smart hitter when he gets a hold of the ball. He will miss it a lot but when he does get a hold of it expect 40 Hr and 120 strikeouts.
5	178	Walter Jackson	SP	18	HS	$250K	Great 5th rounder with ML potential as a long reliever. He does have solid splits with great control, but only 1 ML pitch in his slider. As a soft thrower he's not going to be great but probably average.

SUMMARY: Again Colorado went after the guys with the signing issues and again they might come out of the draft next to empty handed. They need to at least get a type D compensation out of Remlinger to make this draft have some value. Colorado has to hope to do the next draft better. Right now the roster is very young so risks can be taken but you don't want to get the farm get to far ahead of you.

Grade: C-

Salem Slammers

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	Age	Back- ground	Bonus	SUMMARY
1	19	Barney Rizzo	SS	22	COL	$2,320K	Average college hitter. Rizzo has a great glove and is a solid fielder, but some point to his suspect range as forcing him a move to 3B. A huge reach with a top 20 pick in Rizzo. Not sure if he will be more than a ML footnote.
1	20	Rick Bukvich	RP	22	COL	$2,220K	Could be an all-star reliever with 3 good pitches nice control and stamina. This guy should be able to take control of the late innings
2	76	Mike Benard	SP	19	JC	$550K	Great control and stamina but really no dominant pitches or splits. He is a career minor leaguer
3	108	Charlie Hearn	3B	19	JC	$425K	Average in every way. Maybe slightly better hitter but still balanced by his likeliness to strikeout.
4	140	Reid Warner	SP	20	JC	$350K	Not much to see here but an inning eating for the minors
5	172	Bob Grissom	LF	22	COL	$250K	Power 1B with solid skills. At 22 he is very developed, but his average splits might leave him behind in AAA, but he would be a cheap ML option when he does get a shot.

SUMMARY: Again Salem reaches for a number 1 pick. Rizzo doesn't have SS range and will not provide enough offense to cover his defensive hole. He will be an ML'er just not a huge impact one. Bukvich is a better pick and could be a sure thing reliever. Other than him, Salem struck out until the 5^th round in Grissom.

GRADE: C-