Dan Burkhart
| AB | 386 |
|---|---|
| AVG | .29 |
| OBP | .348 |
| SLG | .417 |
| HR | 7 |
- Full name Daniel P. Burkhart
- Born 03/06/1989 in Cincinnati, OH
- Profile Ht.: 5'11" / Wt.: 215 / Bats: L / Throws: R
- School Ohio State
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Drafted in the 10th round (318th overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 2010 (signed for $90,000).
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Ohio State signed catcher Dan Burkhart before starting to recruit his Moeller High (Cincinnati) batterymate, Alex Wimmers. After hitting 10 homers as a sophomore, Burkhart has hit just one in 277 at-bats between the Cape Cod League and his junior season at Ohio State. Though he has a good lefthanded swing and a fine sense of the strike zone, he lacks bat speed and can't turn around good fastballs. A good receiver with a fringe-average arm, he threw out 44 percent of basestealers this spring. Some scouts wonder if his 5-foot-11, 205-pound body could go south on him in a few years. Burkhart didn't have the season scouts hoped for, but a lefthanded-hitting catcher who provides sound defense figures to go in the top 10 rounds.
