Comments:
OF long on tools, short on production. Plays very hard. Med. frame with lots of strength. Very
cut arms and developed lower 1/2. Built like a sprinter. Plus raw BS. Ball comes off bat very well
when put into play. Drops hands inside ball well to drive ball on inner 1/2. Contact clean and hard
but not consis. Swing gets very long and shows lots of holes. Overstrides and struggles to sit back
on offspeed pitches. Simply strikes out too much. Frustrating offensive player due to plethora of
raw tools. Near plus raw power gives him strength to drive the ball out of the park the other way,
plays WBA in games due to appraoch and holes. Despite BS got beat over and over by below avg
FB's on the inner 1/2, swing path too long and timing poor. Never ran better than avg for me, slow
out of box due to length in swing, runs avg under way. Arm is legit 80, comparable to Jose Guillen
for carry and accuracy. Hums and sizzles towards plate. Likes to show it off. Very fast arm,
takes some time to get rid of it but what comes out more than makes up for it.  Despite avg
speed, range plays up a notch and he has legit CF skills right now. Gets behind balls well and
doesn't hold back into a wall. Inconsis,  better he is hitting the worse (relatively speaking, it's a
cannon still) he throws. The worse he hits the better he throws. Bat won't get him to big leagues.
Arm strength would produce mid 90's on the mound and with his continued offensive struggles it
is something that may be tried. If he stays as a two way player he is an org. guy.


10/23/04
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Returned kicks for South Carolina in college.
Entered 2004 as a career .233 hitter over
previous two seasons.
Low A/High A
4th RD 2001 Draft
8/23/80
6'1''/185
OF
Oakland Athletics
Marcus McBeth
Modesto Athletics
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