http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/07/trio-stands-out-at-breakthrough-series/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/07/trio-stands-out-at-breakthrough-series/comment-page-1/#comment-106339 Mike Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:17:51 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=3808#comment-106339 Bill and Tony–
Thank you for the questions. I'm sorry I did not see these earlier. I hope you're still interested. Bill, I'm assuming Robert Alexander is Alexander Robinson from Holy Trinity HS in New York. He did show some flashes, working between 84-87 and peaking at 88 at this particular event, but his mechanics need some work. He had a wild Dontrelle Willis-like leg kick that made it difficult for him to repeat his delivery and release point. He also showed a slider and change-up. He's committed to Maryland and with some fine tuning, could be intriguing.
As for Hernandez-Lopez, he has lanky size and caught at this event, but doesn't fit the prototypical catcher's build. He hit a home run in his first game and didn't do too much else, pulling off pitches a lot. He seemed out of whack because he got a bad case of the yips behind the plate. Hopefully that's behind him now.
Tony, I should have mentioned Gayle in the write-up. He certainly showed some pop in the final game, so my apologies to him. He looked like an all-around solid player, but he did not stand out in any one facet of the game until his 3-for-4 afternoon in the finals. I had heard he was committed to Missouri at some point but now hear he is headed to Indian River JC in Florida after high school.

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/07/trio-stands-out-at-breakthrough-series/comment-page-1/#comment-55250 Tony Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:23:14 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=3808#comment-55250 It seems to be no mention of  Jabari Gayle, the offensive player of the championship game, who went 3 for 4 and just missed the cycle by a homerun that barely went foul. Where is the love ?

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/07/trio-stands-out-at-breakthrough-series/comment-page-1/#comment-54703 Bill Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:51:43 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=3808#comment-54703 What was the consensus on lefty, Robert Alexander from Holy Trinity, Jose Hernadez-Lopez catcher from Lake Wales HS, Fla.  Both showed me some flashes to keep an eye on for 2012.  What did you think?

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