Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Looking at the 2015 Draft: 18th Best Prospect



Continuing our look at the 2015 MLB First Year Players Draft we take a look at the #18 ranked prospect expected to enter the draft. As always we will include the mini scouting report from MLB.com as we introduce the #18 prospect, Mike Nikorak. Nikorak is a RHP from Stroudsburg High School in Pennsylvania. 

Here is the write up from MLB.com:

Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Curveball: 60 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 55 | Overall: 55

Nikorak raised his profile with his performance at the first showcase event on the summer circuit. He came out throwing 94-97 mph at the Perfect Game National and some scouts thought he was as impressive as any prep pitcher early in the summer.

Even when Nikorak's fastball was operating at 91-95 mph toward the end of showcase season, it was still effective because it features plenty of run and sink. He shows the makings of a plus curveball at times and also flashes at least a solid changeup.

An all-conference quarterback before he decided to focus on baseball, Nikorak is extremely athletic and has a lot of projection remaining in his lean 6-foot-5 frame. He has committed to Alabama.

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18. Mike Nikorak
19. Kyle Cody
20. Cody Ponce
21. Riley Ferrell 
22. Chris Betts
23. James Kaprielian
24. Jake Lemoine
25. Beau Burrows
26. Richie Martin
27. Kyle Tucker
28. D.J. Stewart

2 comments:

  1. This seems to be a very pitching heavy draft. Where's all the position players?

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    1. I haven't looked at the entire list thoroughly but this is a pitching era right now and that doesn't look to be changing any time soon unfortunately.

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