Looking at the 2015 Draft: 26th Best Prospect

Continuing our look at the 2015 MLB First Year Players Draft we take a look at the #26 ranked prospect expected to enter the draft. As always we will include the mini scouting report from MLB.com as we introduce the #26 prospect, Richie Martin. Martin is a shortstop for the University of Florida's Baseball team and is a Junior in 2015. 

Here is the write up from MLB.com:

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 40 | Run: 60 | Arm: 60 | Field: 60 | Overall: 50

College shortstops who can stay at the position in pro ball and produce at the plate are rare, but the 2015 Draft may have one in Martin. He struggled with the bat in his first two seasons at Florida and in his first summer in the Cape Cod League, but he gave cause for optimism by finishing second in the Cape in batting (.364) in 2014.

Martin got stronger and shortened his right-handed swing, and as he became more confident and aggressive, he began driving more balls to the gaps. He controls the strike zone reasonably well and has plus speed, making him a fit for the top of the order.

Martin has the range and arm strength to make most of the plays at shortstop, though he can get error-prone when he tries to do too much. Harvey Shapiro, his Cape League manager, said Martin covers more ground than Arizona Diamondbacks defensive stalwart Nick Ahmed, whom Shapiro also skippered on the Cape.

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26. Richie Martin
27. Kyle Tucker
28. D.J. Stewart