AB 1877
AVG .289
OBP .369
SLG .478
HR 66
  • Full name Jeremy Chad Slayden
  • Born 07/28/1982 in Paducah, KY
  • Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: L / Throws: R
  • School Georgia Tech
  • Drafted in the 8th round (247th overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005 (signed for $95,000).
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    Slayden has had little good luck on the field since bursting on the scene as a freshman in 2002, when he helped Georgia Tech reach the College World Series by hitting .348-18-66. He has hit just 20 home runs in the last three years since then, struggling with injuries and working to harness his extreme uppercut swing. Slayden missed all but nine games in 2004 with a right shoulder injury that required surgery, and the injury has cost him significant arm strength. Once a right fielder with at least an average arm, Slayden has shown a below-average arm this season, and scouts aren't sure how much it will come back in the future. His swing evokes comparisons to Jeromy Burnitz, though Slayden is less athletic and a poorer defender at the same stage. He's also been slowed by an ankle sprain this spring, and he had surgery in early May to remove a cyst on his right foot, which might end his season. Slayden's above-average lefthanded power once seemed to fit toward the back of the first round. Now he should go in the fourth to sixth round.

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