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ALABAMA

2010 FOLLOW LIST
 
COMPILED by ALLAN SIMPSON
 
STATE OVERVIEW
This has not been a particularly notable year for baseball in Alabama at the college, junior college and high school levels . . . with one notable exception.
 
Auburn, and the euphoria surrounding the school’s run to a Southeastern Conference Western Division title.
 
The Tigers, who last made an appearance at the College World Series in 1997 on the strength of a school-record 50-win season, were merely looking for a winning record in SEC play for the first time since 2003 (and an accompanying NCAA tournament bid). In the six years prior to this season, they were a combined 66-114, worst in the 12-team league.
 
But with one of the most potent offenses in college baseball, Auburn powered its way to a 20-10 record in conference play and a 39-17 record overall. The Tigers entered SEC tournament play as the No. 2 seed.
 
As a team, the Tigers are hitting .354, and leading the nation in both homers (114) and slugging percentage (.599). Outfielder Brian Fletcher and first baseman Hunter Morris, who hit 3-4 in the Tigers’ potent batting order, share the team lead with 20 homers apiece.
 
But their power-production rate hasn’t been as lethal as outfielder Trent Mummey (15 homers in 121 at-bats), who missed the first half of the season with an injury, and DH Kevin Patterson (16 homers in 106 at-bats), who has been merely a platoon player for the Tigers. All four of those players are juniors and targeted for the top 10 rounds of this year’s draft.
 
Auburn’s surge this season has closely paralleled the individual surge experienced by Morris, an unsigned second-round pick of the Boston Red Sox in 2007 who remains the highest unsigned selection overall from that draft. Much was expected of Morris and his potent bat from the get-go at Auburn, but he hit a modest 23 homers combined in his first two years, and batted just .282 as a sophomore. But he has become everything he was supposed to be at the plate this season and finished the regular season with a .398 average, in addition to his 20 homers.
 
Morris still may be a longshot to crack the first round in June as he remains susceptible to lefthanded pitching and the rest of his tools are not high-round quality. But he should be at least a solid second-rounder—just like out of high school. Morris has a solid shot to be the first player from Alabama drafted this year, but will be challenged for that distinction by Jacksonville State outfielder Todd Cunningham, the 2009 Cape Cod League batting champion, and prep outfielder Reggie Golden, who regularly has been compared to Alabama legend Bo Jackson throughout his high school career.
 
Beyond that trio and several of Auburn’s big bats, it’s not a banner year in the state—at least by Alabama’s emerging standards. In the six-year period from 2004-2009, Alabama ranked 16th nationally in terms of the number of players drafted who attended state high schools, averaging 26 a year (peaking at 32 in 2008).
 
Even Auburn, for all its offensive firepower and new-found national stature, will be challenged to produce a pitcher in the early rounds, especially after promising 6-foot-7 junior lefthander Cole Nelson faltered badly in the second half. The state’s flagship school, Alabama, should have at least three players drafted in the top 10 rounds, but its impact could have been greater were it not for disappointing seasons by junior second baseman Ross Wilson and senior third baseman Jake Smith.
 
Both Alabama’s junior college and high school ranks are down, as well.
 
Chattahoochee Valley, the state’s emerging junior college power, rose to No. 2 in the nation on the strength of a talented starting rotation, but disappeared in the state tournament as upstart Faulkner State emerged to represent the state in the Junior College World Series. Pirates sophomore righthander Jeff Shields (12-2, 1.60) at least appears to have survived a brief challenge from Southern Union freshman righthander Tyler Norwood to become the state’s best potential JC draft.
 
Beyond Golden, and possibly two-way talent Daryl Norris (.444-11-65; 11-2, 2.31) and sleeper candidate Coty Blanchard, who was Alabama’s Mr. Football last fall but prefers a career in baseball, the high school crop is very thin. Some of the luster went out of the crop when catcher/righthander Case Nixon, who ranked No. 2 behind Golden last fall, was lost with a season-ending Tommy John surgery.
 
This is the second year in a row that Alabama’s prep crop has been thin in draftable talent, but that drought should end as the 2011 and 2012 high school ranks are brimming in draftable talent.
 

IN A NUTSHELL
STRENGTH: College position players.
WEAKNESS: Depth of high-school talent.
OVERALL RATING (1-to-5 scale): 3.
 

BEST COLLEGE TEAM: Auburn University.
BEST JUNIOR-COLLEGE TEAM: Chattahoochee Valley.
BEST HIGH SCHOOL TEAM: Auburn HS.
 

PROSPECT ON THE RISE: Trent Mummey, of, Auburn. Little outfielder has overcome injury; can run, excels defensively, packs a lot of punch at plate in small frame.
PROSPECT ON THE DECLINE:Ross Wilson, 2b, Alabama. Potential top-3 talent at start of year has struggled at plate all year.
WILD CARD: Coty Blanchard, ss, Cherokee County HS, Leesburg. Top prep football talent prefers baseball; a tough call how scouts stack up his superior athletic ability, commitment.
 
BEST OUT-OF-STATE PROSPECT, Alabama Connection: Andrew Morris, rhp, Gulf Coast (Fla.) CC (Attended high school in Prattville).
Top 2011 Prospect: Justin Camp, rhp, Austin HS, Decatur.
Top 2012 Prospect: Tucker Simpson, rhp-1b, Oxford HS.
 
HIGHEST DRAFT PICKS
Highest Pick, Draft History: Gregg Olson, rhp, Auburn U. (1988, Orioles/1st round, 4th pick).
Highest Pick, 2006 Draft: Kasey Kiker, lhp, Russell County HS, Phenix City (Rangers/1st round, 12th pick).
Highest Pick, 2007 Draft: Josh Donaldson, c, Auburn U. (Cubs/1st round, 48th pick).
Highest Pick, 2008 Draft: Destin Hood, of, St. Paul’s Episcopal HS, Mobile (Nationals/2nd round).
Highest Pick, 2009 Draft: Ben Tootle, rhp, Jacksonville State U. (Twins/3rd round).
 

BEST TOOLS
Best Hitter: Todd Cunningham, of, Jacksonville State.
Best Power: Hunter Morris, 1b, Auburn.
Best Speed: Reggie Golden, of, Wetumpka HS.
Best Defender: Trent Mummey, of, Auburn.
Best Velocity: Jeff Shields, rhp, Chattahoochee Valley JC.
Best Breaking Stuff: Jimmy Nelson, rhp, Alabama.
 

TOP PROSPECTS
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GROUP ONE (Projected ELITE-Round Draft / Rounds 1-3)
1. REGGIE GOLDEN, of, Wetumpka HS                                                                 National Top 250 (Rank 57)
Bo Jackson-clone has excellent raw tools (speed/power/arm), very raw; slowed by hamstring issue all spring

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