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  • Round 3 | Riley Mahan | 2B | Kentucky

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    Our annual Kentucky pick and another college bat we reached on

    One of the better high school hitters in Ohio's 2014 class, Mahan declined to sign with the Giants as a 40th-rounder in favor of attending Kentucky. He has been one of the top performers in the Southeastern Conference this spring, more than doubling the six homers he totaled in his first two seasons with the Wildcats. He also looks much more comfortable at second base after making 30 errors at shortstop a year ago. Mahan has a nice left-handed swing, shows good feel for the barrel and uses the entire field. After employing more of a line-drive approach in the past, he has added some loft to his stroke and is doing a better job of tapping into his sneaky raw power. While he needs to tighten his strike zone, his breakout year in college baseball's best league has boosted his stock in a thin crop of college hitters. Mahan still needs to find a defensive home. He has a strong but erratic arm and lacks the soft hands required of a middle infielder. An average runner, he's capable of playing the outfield corners and also saw time at first base on the Cape, though all of those positions will come with increased offensive demands.
    Last edited by tjfla; 06-13-2017, 01:12 PM.

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    2. Riley Mahan, JR, Kentucky

    There’s a pretty big drop off here. While Hiura is a no doubt first rounder, Mahan more comfortably fits in the late third or fourth round. He’s hitting .339/.396/.626, with fifteen home runs, nine stolen bases, 25 walks, and 52 strikeouts. Last summer, he hit over .300 in the Cape, but with little power. This was really the first season he’s shown big time power. He has some pretty obvious contact issues, and isn’t particularly strong on defense. But if a team think that both his bat to ball ability from the Cape, and his power spike as a junior, are real, they could be tempted to grab him in the second round. Especially in a draft this shallow in college bats.
    http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/...n-cole-freeman

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      Seen him play several times. Like the pick a lot
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        SIGNED per MLB.com

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        Last edited by tjfla; 06-23-2017, 09:38 PM.

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