[情報] BA on John Mayberry Jr. at AFL
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Posted Oct. 19, 2007 10:59 pm by Chris Kline
Rangers outfielder John Mayberry Jr. was the talk of the town today . . . and
not just among scouts at Phoenix Municipal Stadium watching the Surprise
Rafters take on the Desert Dogs.
Every scout and front office person hanging around the Brewers’ final
instructional league game against the Dodgers in Maryvale wanted to discuss
Mayberry as one of the Arizona Fall League’s top prospects.
“That’s a guy that needs to be on that list,” said one farm director from
a National League club. “He’s going to be one of those guys people give up
on too early. A lot of people already have because he hasn’t really
controlled the strike zone, but I really think that goes back to him just
being another long, lean guy with long arms. It’s just taken a while for
him to get his timing down. This guy has huge raw power to all fields.”
The power has never been a question for Mayberry, the 19th overall pick in
2005 out of Stanford.
After hitting 32 home runs over his first two seasons, Mayberry was just one
of seven players in the minors to hit at least 30 bombs in 2007.
It’s his ability to recognize pitches and lay off soft breaking balls away
where Mayberry still struggles, and he might not ever hit for a high average.
The 23-year-old outfielder batted .235/.311/.474 in 489 at-bats between high
Class A Bakersfield and Double-A Frisco during the regular season, hitting for
a higher average in the Texas League. But Mayberry struck out 126 times in 2007
after whiffing 117 times in 459 at-bats in the low Class A Midwest League in
2006.
“He did show the ability to catch up with the plus fastball at Frisco,”
Rangers director of player personnel Scott Servais said. “We hadn’t seen
that before. He’s making strides and he knows what he has to do to get
better.”
Aside from the buzz among scouts in the AFL regarding Mayberry’s approach, the
other hot topic of conversation was his body.
“He was a mule when he was at Stanford,” said one pro scout from an American
League club. “It looks like he lost 30 pounds. He can run pretty well for a
big man and he’s got that right field profile. His body just looks so much
more lean, so much more chiseled.”
But in reality, Mayberry–who is 6-foot-6, 230 pounds–hasn’t lost an ounce
since he came into the system two years ago.
“I’m actually the identical same weight I was in college,” Mayberry said.
“Maybe it’s the way the uniform fits or something . . . I have to wear my
pants up? I don’t know. I’m the same. I don’t think I’m any leaner than
I was in college at all. And I’m still 230.”
Servais also mentioned the uniform fitting differently, and said he’s been the
same weight since Day 1 in the organization.
“Well then, for whatever reason it still looks like he lost 30 to 40 pounds,”
another scout from a National League organization said. “He just looks more
athletic, and his times to first base are much better. He might have just
learned to hit that next gear.
“This is a guy who has holes in his swing–there’s his inability to handle
breaking balls, but he also has that hole thigh-high inside that he’s going
to have to learn to handle. Richie Sexson has the same hole. I think once he
gets his timing down it’ll help him make more consistent contact.
“If he doesn’t, it’s going to be a question if Texas can live with him being
a .250 hitter in the big leagues who can jack 30-to-35 homers and be a play a
pretty good right field.”
One guy who doesn’t want his club to live with that–or any other deficiency
in his game–is Mayberry.
“I think I did OK this year,” Mayberry said. “I was pretty happy with the
power numbers. But at the same time I have to put the ball in play more and
I need to do that to help the team at the big league level.
“I want to be a better run-producer. I’m just out here trying to become a
more disciplined hitter, work on my pitch selection and trying to use the
whole field.”
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