Season 5 Top 15 Draft Grading!

Opey Higgins
Doubleday Daily



1. Burrell- B+, First pick drafting a 1B kinda diminishes this. Great player but I feel there was other options


2. Calvin Coco- Still has not signed but from what we hear the scouts on Anaheim were very unprepared.

3.Alexander Connelly- B+, Very good pick for the 3rd overall pick in the draft!

4.Andrew Evers- A, Evers falling to 4th was surprising to me.. However poor scouting may have caused this. Great pick for Colorado

5.Roger Reynolds- B, Arguably the best hitter drafted. Fell pretty much where I thought he would.

6.Gerald Hammond- B, Hammond will be a very good pitcher at the ML level. Great control and good splits.

7.Roger Hosmer- A+, The best SP drafted hands down! Hosmer has dominating pitches and very good control.

8.Michael Hernandez - B-, Hernandez is a good pick, A little low control but makes up for it with great pitches.

9.Mickey Waters- B, Waters will be a 3B on most teams. He lacks range to be an effective CF. Fast, Great contact and hits both LH and RHP's.

10.Fred Cooke- A, for a team that needs Pitching bad.. Huntington's drafting of Cooke was a very smart choice.

11.Carlos Perez- C, Great defensively but a pretty poor bat. Perez also has very low durability which will cause him to only play probably 100 games IF lucky.

12.Hipolito Urbina- B, Urbina doesn't posess a lot of speed but his bat will be above average. Good defense with pretty good range and glove.

13.Tony Bold- A, Bold looks to be a great LRP with very good control, Good splits and 2 of his 3 pitches are solid.

14.Neal Tipton- C+, Tipton is labeled a SS... However his glove and range may limit him. His bat is average at best and he's slow.

15.Randy Murray- C, Solid LF with pretty good potential.