Baseball America's "Best Tools" List for 2013 Draft. Pitchers and Hitters.

[InfraRen]

Baseball America’s Best Tools list for the 2013 draft, with candidates drawn from the top 250 prospects on the BA 500. Compiled by Jim Callis, Aaron Fitt, Conor Glassey, John Manuel and Nathan Rode.

BEST ATHLETE

COLLEGE: JaCoby Jones, Aaron Judge, Adam Engel

HIGH SCHOOL: Austin Meadows, Kohl Stewart, Trey Ball

BEST PURE HITTER

COLLEGE: D.J. Peterson, Colin Moran, Phillip Ervin

HIGH SCHOOL: Dominic Smith, Austin Meadows, Billy McKinney

BEST POWER HITTER

COLLEGE: Kris Bryant, D.J. Peterson, Hunter Renfroe

HIGH SCHOOL: Clint Frazier, Rowdy Tellez, Joey Martarano

BEST STRIKE-ZONE JUDGEMENT

COLLEGE: Colin Moran, D.J. Peterson, Kris Bryant

HIGH SCHOOL: Austin Meadows, Dominic Smith, Rowdy Tellez

FASTEST RUNNER

COLLEGE: Adam Engel, Colin Bray, JaCoby Jones

HIGH SCHOOL: Matt McPhearson, Stephen Wrenn, Josh Hart

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER

COLLEGE: Michael Lorenzen, Adam Engel, Stuart Turner

HIGH SCHOOL: Luis Guillorme, Reese McGuire, Oscar Mercado

BEST ARM

COLLEGE: Michael Lorenzen, Austin Wilson, Hunter Renfroe

HIGH SCHOOL: Clint Frazier, Brian Navaretto, Jan Hernandez

BEST FASTBALL

COLLEGE: Jonathan Gray, Mark Appel, Jason Hursh

HIGH SCHOOL: Kohl Stewart, Phil Bickford, Chandler Eden

BEST SECONDARY PITCH

COLLEGE: Andrew Mitchell, Marco Gonzales, Mark Appel

HIGH SCHOOL: Rob Kaminsky, Ian Clarkin, Hunter Green

BEST COMMAND

COLLEGE: Marco Gonzales, Kent Emanuel, Trevor Williams

HIGH SCHOOL: Kyle Serrano, Hunter Green, Sean Brady

CLOSEST TO THE MAJORS

COLLEGE: Mark Appel, Jonathan Gray, Colin Moran

HIGH SCHOOL: Clint Frazier, Austin Meadows, Kohl Stewart

[Oldgoat_MN]

Interesting list.

You don't look at that and readily say, "The best player is..."

 

Details, details...

[InfraRen]

Interesting list.

You don't look at that and readily say, "The best player is..."

 

Details, details...

 

Yeah, it'll just be something kind of fun to look at during 1st, 2nd days of draft and see if anyone we draft is on the list.

[CharacterGroove]

Hard to ignore Kris Bryant making both the power and strike-zone judgment lists. Pretty good combo.

[maxisagod]

I like how Stewart is one of the best athletes and has one of the best fastballs.