Bryan Smith, formerly of Wait Til Next Year and The Hardball Times, has a fine article on the top college hitters to watch over at his new home, The Baseball Analysts.
Here's what I had to say in response to Bryan's article:
Great job Bryan. My own list starts 1. Gordon 2. Clement 3. Zimmerman. I like Tulowitzki a lot, Greene less so, but because neither hit real well last year I'm holding out until they hit the toughest part of their schedule. LBSU have played a real good schedule, though. Georgia Tech's has been weak, and Greene's been hitting off a lot of pitchers who aren't pro caliber.Ryan Braun may end up as a Jeff Kent type, and the best player in the draft. Again, like Georgia Tech, Miami hasn't played a strong schedule to date and there's some stat inflation there.
I agree that Daniel Carte's been disappointing, but don't knock Winthrop. The competition that Carte has faced is as good as what Tyler Greene or Braun has. Problem is, Carte's numbers still don't get him there. But he had a TREMENDOUS summer in the Cape Cod League, nearly winning the triple crown. So we know that Carte can do it with the wood, which isn't true for a lot of guys.
For the Jays' prespective, with Adams and Hill in the organization there likely isn't much interest in Troy Tulowitzki or Tyler Greene. Anything's possible, of course, and Tulowitzki in particular is a better-regarded defender at the NCAA level than Hill or Adams were.
Daniel Carte is a guy who, if he slips to the Jays' second pick, they might have some interest in. We've seen in the past that the Jays take sophomore and summer-league performance very seriously, and Carte hit very well both as a sophomore and in the Cape Cod League, which might be the summer league that the Jays scout most extensively.
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20050510132750370