Sunday, February 1, 2015

Looking at the 2015 Draft: 28th Best Prospect


We're going to do things a little bit differently this year for Prospects Month as I said in my previous post so instead of asking what a player's favorite restaurant is I want to focus on the draft this year. New York has three picks in the first two rounds, including the supplemental round, so much like I will be counting down the Yankees Top 28 Prospects I will also be counting down the Top 28 Prospects expected to enter the 2016 Draft with the help of MLB.com's LIST SEEN HERE.

#28 is Florida State outfielder D.J. Stewart. Here is the write up from MLB.com

Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 40 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50
Stewart hit everywhere he'd ever played before a surprising summer slump with the U.S. collegiate national team. Scouts believe that's an aberration, however, and that Stewart still has one of the best bats in the 2015 college class. He was named the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore, after leading the league in all three slash stats at .351/.472/.557.
With his quick left-handed stroke, strength and patience, Stewart should continue to hit for average. He has plus raw power but he doesn't fully tap into it because he bats from an extreme crouch and has a flat swing. He might hit 20 homers per season if he stands more upright and adds some loft.
Though he's listed at 6 feet and 230 pounds, he's a better athlete than his build might indicate. An all-state running back at The Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.), an athletic powerhouse that produced Chipper Jones and several other pro and Olympic athletes, Stewart has close to average speed. He has good instincts as a runner and defender, though a below-average arm limits him to left field.

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