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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Tulo In BA's Draft Notebook

From Baseball America's Draft Notebook published today:

The '05 crop also offers two premium shortstops: Greene and Troy Tulowitzki of Long Beach State. Tulowitzki is favored on most clubs' lists and draw comparisons to former Dirtbags shortstop Bobby Crosby, though he could be better defensively. Scouts give Greene's bat and glove mixed reviews; his best asset is his track record with wood bats, as he led Team USA in batting in 2003 and hit .296 with 11 extra-base hits in the Cape Cod League last summer.

Tulowitzki has missed most of the season with a broken hamate bone in his left hand...

And this:

TOP 10 MIDDLE INFIELDERS

Three shortstops are projected in the top half of the first round this year, so the 2005 draft shapes up as a banner year for middle infielders.

“It appears to be a solid middle infield group—for the first time in many years,” an American League scouting director said. “But in almost every case, there are issues that will need to be resolved.”

Virginia high school shortstop Justin Upton is the consensus top talent in the draft, but scouts are becoming increasingly concerned that he may not remain at shortstop in the long term because of concerns about his arm. Center field becomes his next logical position.

“Upton has been having some problems with throwing accuracy, but that’s a moot point,” an AL scouting director said. “His kind of talent will play anywhere.”

It’s a strong year for college shortstops but there’s debate whether Troy Tulowitzki or Tyler Greene will be the first one selected. Tulowitzki beat out Greene for the starting shortstop job on Team USA’s college national team last summer, and a number of scouting directors say Tulowitzki will be picked ahead of Greene in the draft—even though he’d missed all but five games of the 2005 season with a broken hamate bone. He was expected back in early April.

posted on 3/29/2005 by Jeff Agnew

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