[情報] 2009選秀報導(4th round)
4th round #123
Player:Max Stassi
Pos. :C
Class :Sr.
B-T :R-R
HT:5-10
WT:190
High School:Yuba City
Hometown: Yuba City, Calif.
Commitment: UCLA
B’date:3-15-91
milb.com:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2009/reports.jsp?content=stassi
Hitting ability: Stassi has a good setup at the plate. He's balanced with loose
hands.
Power: Can go deep, but he's not a big power guy.
Running speed: He's not a clogger, but he's below average.
Base running: Has great baseball instincts, so he makes the most of what he
does have on the basepaths.
Arm strength: His arm is fringy-average now and should be average in the future
. He gets the ball down to second quickly and accurately.
Fielding: A good receiver, he's comfortable behind the plate and frames pitches
well.
Range: He moves well behind the plate.
Physical Description: Stassi is very strong, compact backstop, with ripped
shoulders. He's got a weight-lifting guy look to him.
Medical Update: Some shoulder tendinitis kept him from catching for a couple of
weeks, but it's not a serious issue.
Strengths: Good catching skills and good overall hitting ability. Makeup and
instincts are off the charts.
Weaknesses: Like many young players, hitting breaking stuff is a challenge. His
arm is just OK behind the plate.
Summary: It's a good year for prep catchers in Northern California and Stassi
is one of the best in that crop. Scouts like his overall package of
hitting ability, defensive ability, makeup and baseball instincts.
There once was talk of moving him to an infield spot, but he profiles
as natural leader behind the plate who could be one of the first
catchers taken on Draft day.
BA:
4 123 Max Stassi C Yuba City (Calif.) HS Calif. (National rank: 30)
Stassi carries on the family's baseball tradition, and he has a chance to be
the best offensive catcher in this year's deep catching crop. He is related to
Myril Hoag, an outfielder who played during the 1930s and '40s for the Yankees
and St. Louis Browns and was an all-star in 1939, and Stassi's father is his
high school coach. Stassi got off to a sizzling start this spring, hitting .593
with nine homers in his first 21 games. For a high schooler, he's an
exceptionally advanced hitter. He attacks the ball, uses the entire field and
has above-average bat speed. Defensively, Stassi is solid but not outstanding.
Other catchers are superior in catch-and-throw skills, but scouts agree that
Stassi should have no difficulty remaining behind the plate. A bothersome
shoulder injury restricted him to DH duty for about a month, but he has since
returned to catching full time.
pgcrosschecker:
123. Max Stassi C Sr. R-R 5-10 190 Yuba City Yuba City, Calif. UCLA 3-15-91
SCOUTING PROFILE (3/1): Stassi could easily lay claim to being the top
performer in the high-school class of 2009 if his entire body of work in high
school is considered. Along with starring for various USA Baseball national
junior (18-and-under) and youth teams (16-and-under) over the past three
summers, Stassi has put together three outstanding spring seasons: .580-9-44
(freshman), .461-5-35 (sophomore) and .471-15-45 (junior). His impact bat is
his most obvious tool, but he is a very polished player overall who has grown
up in a baseball environment, playing for his father Jim, the head coach at
Yuba City High and a former pro who reached Triple-A, and alongside talented
brothers Brock and Jake. Stassi's advanced ability to play the game and his
lack of size tend to overshadow his otherwise outstanding tools. He's a 6.80
runner and has top-level arm strength capable of producing consistent 1.8-1.9
pop times in games. Stassi's hands work extremely well at the plate and he
keeps his swing short and quick. Some scouts have compared Stassi to long-time
big leaguer Jason Kendall as an overall catching prospect. The comparisons are
appropriate as Kendall came from an intense baseball background, including a
big-league dad, and was a California high-school player picked in the first
round after a record-setting career. Stassi, however, appears to have more
power potential at the plate.-DAVID RAWNSLEY
UPDATE (5/15): Stassi had his normal exceptional spring, leading a strong Yuba
City High team to a 26-3 record, while hitting .539-10-36. He has gained about
15 pounds of muscle over the last year, which has solidified his bat speed and
power potential. It may have also contributed to a persistent case of right
shoulder tendonitis, which hampered Stassi's throwing all spring and caused him
to DH for several games in the middle of the spring. Stassi is one of the
ultimate baseball rats and can talk the baseball game like a veteran scout. One
scout remarked recently that Stassi is as close to a sure thing as you will
ever find in a high-school player because of his makeup, passion for baseball
and ability to hit. The Boston Red Sox have the 27th pick this year, and are
known to be extremely high on Stassi-to a point that GM Theo Epstein flew to
the West Coast May 19, along with other Red Sox front office members, to watch
Stassi play in person. The question may be, with such an unsettled first round
this year, whether Stassi may even get to the 27th pick.-DAVID RAWNSLEY
age AB H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO avg obp slg
2009 Yuba City 18 78 42 11 1 11 3 23 8 .538 .645 1.113
http://www.maxpreps.com/california/baseball/yuba-city/max-stassi/stats.aspx?athleteid=b4133f06-3ad8-499b-aa7d-243c9a743aac&ssid=adbd6bc0-7585-418e-8d8c-bf56eb02934e&urpath=,local,player
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