6/2/10

2010 MLB draft: 34 middle infielders you should know

As I indicated yesterday, middle infield is one of the needs for the Twins that will be addressed in the 2010 MLB Amateur draft. Here is an alphabetic list of 34 middle infielders of note, eligible for the 2010 draft. Almost certainly one or more of these, will be drafted by the Twins. There are links to player profiles, statistics, scouting reports and videos, as well as different articles and interviews when I could find them. The list consists of shortstops and second basemen, however, some of these players project to play at third base in the next level. All links open pages on a new window/tab so you do not have to navigate away from this page and then get back.


Zach Alvord 5-11, 170. South Forsyth HS, GA. A scouting video and his profile.

Ryan Brett 5-8, 170; Highline HS, Seattle, WA. A scouting report and video, and his MLB.com scouting video.

Yordy Cabrera 6-4, 190, Lakeland HS, FL. Scouting report, his MLB.com scouting video and an interview; might move to a corner position. Cabrera was the Twins' first round pick in the Deep Leagues 2010 mock MLB draft.

Nick Castellanos, 6-4, 200, McCarthy High School, Davie, FL. MLB.com scouting video, scouting report and video and a compilation of scouting reports; has been compared to Alex Rodriguez and is another potential player who could move to third base.

Garin Cecchini 6-2, 200. Lake Charles HS, LA. His Profile

Christian Colon, 6-0, 185, Cal State Fullerton. Scouting report, baseball cube stats page(these have only stats up to 2009), an additional scouting reports, his career stats and his game-by-game box score lines can be found here

Kaleb Coward, 6-3, 190. Cook Cty HS, GA. Scouting report, several game videos, and his profile; might be drafted as a pitcher, but expressed the preference to be an infielder in the next level; could move to third base. Coward was the Twins' first round pick in the MLB Bonus Baby, Mack's Mets and Football Fan Spot 2010 mock MLB drafts.

Zach Cox 6-0, 215 lbs. University of Arkansas. His profile, his MLB.com scouting video, an additional scouting reportand a compilation of scouting reports and draft notes.

Delino DeShields Jr. 5-8, 180 Woodward Academy, GA. Former Major Leaguer Delino DeShields' son. His MLB.com scouting video and an interview; highly recruited as a football player, but prefers to play pro baseball.

Derek Dietrich 6-1, 195. Georgia Tech. An interview, his baseball cube stats page, a scouting report and video and several videos at youtube .

Adam Duvall 6-1, 200. Louisville. His profile and a video interview.

Niko Goodrum 6-3, 175. Fayette county HS, Jonesboro, GA. His profile, several videos from his high school home page and his MLB.com scouting video; another player who might eventually move to a corner infield position.

Phil Gosselin 6-1, 185. University of Virginia. His Baseball Cube Stats page, a scouting video, and his profile.

Jedd Gyorko 5-10, 185. West Virginia University. A scouting report, his MLB.com scouting video, and his baseball cube stats page.

Rick Hauge 6-2, 190. Rice University. A scouting report and video and his Baseball Cube stats page; another potential future third baseman.

Jacoby Jones 6-3, 180. Richton High School, MS. His profile, his MLB.com scouting video, and a game video.

Carter Jurica 5-11, 178; Kansas State University. His baseball cube stats page and his 2010 KSU stat sheet (pdf document).

Lonnie Kauppila 6-1, 170. Burbank HS, CA. His profile and a scouting report.

Wade Kirkland 5-10, 180. Florida Southern. His profile.

Jake Lemmerman 6-2, 185. Duke. His Baseball Cube stats page

Devin Lohman 6-1, 185. Long Beach State. His profile and his Baseball Cube stats page.

Matt Lipka 6-1, 192 McKinney HS, Frisco, TX. A Scouting report, and an interview.

Marcus Littlewood 6-3, 190 Pineview HS, UT. His Scouting report, his MLB.com scouting video, an additional scouting report and several game videos from youtube.

Manny Machado 6-2, 180. Brito HS, FL. A scouting report and video, his profile, an additional scouting report, a compilation of scouting reports, and his MLB.com scouting video; another Floridian who drew comparisons to Alex Rodriguez.

Justin O'Conner 6-1, 190. Cowan HS, Muncie, IN. A scouting report and video an additional scouting report, another scouting report, a game video and his MLB.com scouting video. O'Conner was the Twins' first round pick in the 5 Tool Talk 2010 mock MLB draft.

AJ Pettersen 5-9, 160. University of Minnesota. His profile.

Josh Rutledge 6-0, 185. University of Alabama. A scouting report and his MLB.com scouting video.

Tim Smalling 6-2, 209. Virginia Tech. An article

Kellen Sweeney 5-11, 155. Jefferston HS, IA. Current Oakland As' Ryan Sweeney's brother. His MLB.com scouting video and an additional scouting video

Joe Terry 6-0, 180. Cerritos Community College, CA. A Baseball America story

Kolbrin Vitek 6-3, 195. Ball State University. His Baseball Cube Stats page, a scouting report, scouting report and video and his MLB.comscouting video.

Colin Walsh 6-1, 185. Stanford. Baseball Cube stats page

LeVon Washington 5'11", 170. Chipola Junior College. His MLB.com scouting video, a profile, an additional profile and an article; he was Tampa Bay Rays' 1st round pick in 2009 but did not sign; currently a center fielder but projects as a second baseman in professional baseball.

Ross Wilson 5-11, 185. University of Alabama. His Baseball Cube stats page, his MBL.com scouting video, a profile and an article from his Cape Code League days.

Tony Wolters 5-10, 165. Rancho Buena Vista HS, CA. Scouting report and videos, his MLB.com scouting video, an additional scouting report and a youtube game video. Wolters was the Twins' first round pick in the Baseball Draft Report 2010 mock MLB draft.


In addition to these 34 High School and College potential draftees, here are the lists of the top 30 College shortstop and second base prospects from Baseball Draft Report, including mini scouting reports for each of the sixty players listed.

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