Fill Up the Mailbag with Your Questions!
it's that time again
I hesitated in sending out my weekly query, as I do have a handful of leftovers from last week. But I don’t think I have quite enough to make a full bag, so go ahead and send in anything you’re itching to have me take a whack at. Maybe this time I’ll get so much surplus it’ll hold me another week!
There was a clip of the Cardinals announcers comparing Matos's swing with Acunas, and that made me wonder how much does having a "similar swing to X player" matter when it comes to scouting and player development? Does having a similar profile of swing help scouts narrow down on identifying potential prospects?
Have you heard from your scouting sources about how the Giants are leaning in the upcoming draft? I’m expecting an emphasis on hitters overall, but of course I’m mostly curious about their thinking for the first round. Sixteen seems too low to me to try to work an under slot deal, so I presume they’ll pick the remaining guy they like best.
What are your thoughts? Still leaning towards Colin Houck? If you were in charge, and the choices were HS pitchers Noble Meyer and Thomas White, HS hitters Bryce Eldridge, Colin Houck (although I’m reading that he will be gone by #16) and Walker Martin, college pitchers Hurston Waldrep and Tanner Witt, or college bats Matt Shaw, Nolan Schanuel, Enrique Bradfield, or Braden Taylor - whew - who would you prefer? (I had to really struggle to come up with Witt, so if there’s another college arm you like at this selection feel free to add him).😊