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Every year there are some peeps on here who follow it and bring good info.

I see there is some very highly rated HS talent in SFL and FL again as usual.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2014-top-100-draft-prospects-list/

Top 100 (college and HS) draft prospects:

7. Nick Gordon ss Olympia HS Orlando
13. Touki Toussaint rhp Coral Springs Christian HS Miami
28. Foster Griffin lhp The First Academy Orlando
34. Forrest Wall 2b Orangewood Christian HS Winter Park
40. Milton Ramos ss American Heritage HS Hialeah Gardens
54. J.J. Schwarz c Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) HS
97. Jake Cosart rhp Seminole State (Fla.) JC


Whachu guys got for us so far?
 
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I see lots of names and numbers. But what's the 411? Who are the top guys, who are we fighting mlb for?
 
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I see lots of names and numbers. But what's the 411? Who are the top guys, who are we fighting mlb for?
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Brian Gonzalez is much better than some listed and is expected to go early. Scout came to his house and told him 3rd-4th. Some mlb teams want him at first and others want him as a pitcher. Tops out around 91, consistently throws high 80s but his control is superb for his age.


The tigers currently have two Archbishop Mccarthy players on their roster, Nick Castenallos and Alex Avilla, don't be surprised if they try to pick up BigB too.


BigB is a 2014 commit btw
 
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I don't want to see this staff recruit, get a commitment and than lose a kid to a MLB team. I much prefer the last two seasons of focusing on talented kids that will play college baseball. my2

They can all commit to UF or FSU, because odds are the majority of these kids will NEVER PLAY COLLEGE BASEBALL.
7. Nick Gordon ss Olympia HS Orlando
13. Touki Toussaint rhp Coral Springs Christian HS Miami
28. Foster Griffin lhp The First Academy Orlando
34. Forrest Wall 2b Orangewood Christian HS Winter Park
40. Milton Ramos ss American Heritage HS Hialeah Gardens
54. J.J. Schwarz c Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) HS
97. Jake Cosart rhp Seminole State (Fla.) JC
 
Commitments: 14

HS: 13
OF Ryan Alvarez 6-1 185 Miami, FL/Columbus
C Nick Bottari 6-2 205 Wading River, NY/Monteverde Academy
OF Carl Chester 6-0 170 Longwood, FL/Lake Brantley HS
1B Peter Crocitto 6-0 190 Palm City, FL/South Fork HS
1B/LHP Brian Gonzales 6-3 230 Miramar, FL/Archbishop McCarthy
C John Jones 6-0 190 Orlando, FL/East River HS
RHP Jesse Lepore 6-4 190 Bevery Hills, FL/Trinity Catholic
LHP/1B Michael Mediavilla 6-4 230 Hialeah, FL/Mater Academy
RHP Devin Meyer 6-2 180 Coral Springs, FL/Coral Springs Christian
SS Kirvin Moesqui 5-10 175 Deerfield Beach, FL/Highlands Christian Academy
RHP Keven Pimentel 6-2 215 Wading River, NY/Monteverde Academy
OF Justin Smith 6-2 205 St Johns, FL/Bartram Trail HS
LHP Luke Spangler 6-0 160 Cape Coral, FL/Cape Coral HS


JC: 1
SS George Iskendarian 6-2 190 Ramsey, NJ/Indian River State College (USC)



Smith and Chester are our top 2 recruits, ratings wise, and our 2 biggest threats to lose to the draft. Smith is a corner OF with speed and power, while Chester is a pure CF with plus plus speed. Chester is looking more likely to make it to campus. Gonzalez and Lepore are also possible top 5 round picks. Lepore has a low 90s fastball and good breaking stuff. Pimentel was rated a possible 2nd or 3rd rounder who was hitting 94 with his fastball, but he got injured last fall and will now enroll at UM.
 
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Commitments: 14

HS: 13
OF Ryan Alvarez 6-1 185 Miami, FL/Columbus
C Nick Bottari 6-2 205 Wading River, NY/Monteverde Academy
OF Carl Chester 6-0 170 Longwood, FL/Lake Brantley HS
1B Peter Crocitto 6-0 190 Palm City, FL/South Fork HS
1B/LHP Brian Gonzales 6-3 230 Miramar, FL/Archbishop McCarthy
C John Jones 6-0 190 Orlando, FL/East River HS
RHP Jesse Lepore 6-4 190 Bevery Hills, FL/Trinity Catholic
LHP/1B Michael Mediavilla 6-4 230 Hialeah, FL/Mater Academy
RHP Devin Meyer 6-2 180 Coral Springs, FL/Coral Springs Christian
SS Kirvin Moesqui 5-10 175 Deerfield Beach, FL/Highlands Christian Academy
RHP Keven Pimentel 6-2 215 Wading River, NY/Monteverde Academy
OF Justin Smith 6-2 205 St Johns, FL/Bartram Trail HS
LHP Luke Spangler 6-0 160 Cape Coral, FL/Cape Coral HS


JC: 1
SS George Iskendarian 6-2 190 Ramsey, NJ/Indian River State College (USC)



Smith and Chester are our top 2 recruits, ratings wise, and our 2 biggest threats to lose to the draft. Smith is a corner OF with speed and power, while Chester is a pure CF with plus plus speed. Chester is looking more likely to make it to campus. Gonzalez and Lepore are also possible top 5 round picks. Lepore has a low 90s fastball and good breaking stuff. Pimentel was rated a possible 2nd or 3rd rounder who was hitting 94 with his fastball, but he got injured last fall and will now enroll at UM.
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Smith and Chester both seem like somewhat luxury additions to this team. With Abreu, Eusebio, and Heyward coming back, and Collins playing some outfield or moving out there full time we are pretty solid out there next year. I would love to get both in because from reading some about them they both look like pretty dynamic players that will help us right away. I'm much more worried about Gonzalez and Lesore making it down here.
 
These guys need to start realizing that now-a-days a lot of these college players make it to the MLB within 1 or 2 years of being drafted.

Unless they are getting selected in the first 3-4 rounds, it would benefit them to go to college.

Then again, it is a very difficult decision to turn down guaranteed $$$.

I hope we can get all these guys on campus.
 
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Many of the top scouting services are releasing their final pre-draft rankings.

Kiley McDaniel (runs scouting baseball, former ESPN and BP writer) released his top 300:

Recruits:
183. Carl Chester
195. Justin Smith
235. Jesse Lepore

In addition, he has Jones, Bottari, Gonzalez, Pimentel, and Meyer in his "next 100" HS prospects who could be drafted.

Current players:

82. Andrew Suarez
218. Chris Diaz
248. Bryan Radziewski

Perfect Game released their top 500

Recruits:

129. Carl Chester
171. Justin Smith
353. George Iskanderien
438. Brian Gonzalez

Current Players:

70. Andrew Suarez
143. Chris Diaz
248. Dale Carey
274. Javi Salas
315. Bryan Radziewski


Baseball America has released the first 200 of their top 500 draft prospects. No recruits thus far, but Suarez (72) and Diaz (125) are on there.
 
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Kiley McDaniel, at the FACA All-Star game:

Miami commit LHP/1B Brian Gonzalez solid 88-90 t91 with feel and three pitches as usual. College type guy but could impact as a freshman.
12:10pm - 24 May 14
 
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Kiley McDaniel, at the FACA All-Star game:

Miami commit LHP/1B Brian Gonzalez solid 88-90 t91 with feel and three pitches as usual. College type guy but could impact as a freshman.
12:10pm - 24 May 14
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This is exactly the type of kids we should be spending our resources on. I want the A-Rod's to come to campus as well, but that's generally a pipe dream. Heck, the two least likely kids to make it to campus who did both were not the big impact guys expected (David Thompson and Harold Martinez).
 
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Some good news, Kiley McDaniel reported that Justin Smith floated a ridiculous bonus demand (1.3 mil, mid 1st round money) and is almost certainly headed to college this fall, as he's just not a 7-figure player right now. He'd be a Collins/Abreu type talent if he made it here.

Draft starts tonight (1st and 2d rounds), but none of our recruits are likely to be picked. Tomorrow, rounds 3-10, will be the day to watch out for kids like Chester, Smith, Jones, Gonzalez, etc. Early Saturday (11-40th rounds) can also be concerning. Generally once a kid makes it past the first 10 rounds, they usually enroll.
 
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After not being selected in the first 10 rounds Carl Chester tweeted this tonight. Great news for Canes baseball. The ? marks are U symbols btw.

Carl Chester ‏@princesscharl11 44s
Can't wait to be a part of the ��
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