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NEVADA

 2010 FOLLOW LIST
 
COMPILED by DAVID RAWNSLEY / ALLAN SIMPSON
 
STATE OVERVIEW
Nevada has been in the national headlines this spring, and arguably has more talent eligible for the 2010 draft than any other year in the state’s baseball history.
 
It would be oversimplifying it to say that the presence of 17-year-old phenom Bryce Harper, perhaps the most-publicized amateur baseball prospect ever (even more than “once-in-a-generation talent” Stephen Strasburg, a year ago), has made Nevada’s year historically unique. Harper, and his amazing exploits and talent, has drawn the attention of national media outlets, as well as casual baseball fans from throughout the country that would otherwise have had no reason to pause in Nevada.
 
But the state’s depth of talent goes much farther than a junior-college catcher.
 
In fact, Harper’s team, the College of Southern Nevada, has one of the most-impressive collections of draftable talent this year of any school in the country—four-year colleges included. As many as 12 players, eight of them pitchers, are expected to get drafted off the team. With one or two exceptions, it’s unlikely that any other school will be able to make the same claim when 50 rounds worth of players have been drafted.
 
Harper has been a sensation, in equal parts for his play on the field as the way he has handled the immense pressure, even ridicule, that he faced when he chose to circumvent the normal draft process, skip his final two years at a Las Vegas high school and enroll in junior college, all so he could be eligible for the draft a year ahead of schedule. Even with upwards of 50 scouts attending a number of his games, he has thrived in the pressure-packed environment.
 
His exploits on the field have only added to the growing Bryce Harper legend. Even as he used a wood bat during all of CSN’s regular-season games, he shattered the school record for home runs in a season (12, set with aluminum). When his team advanced to District Tournament play, the final step on its path to a berth in the Junior College World Series, and Harper was allowed to swing aluminum, he went 6-for-6 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in the deciding game. In four tournament games, he was 15-for-21 with six homers and 21 RBIs.
 
Harper has also drawn praise for the way he has refined his catching skills, and his handled of a pitching staff with 10 arms capable of reaching 90 mph, and three the mid-90s. He has also stolen a team-high 18 bases in 22 attempts. There has been no end to his list of on-field accomplishments.
 
Beyond Harper, CSN’s pitching staff has been dominant with a 49-14 record overall, and a combined 592 strikeouts in just 484 innings. The team’s all-sophomore starting rotation of righthanders Donn Roach (11-3, 2.70, 131 K’s) and Joe Robinson (9-1, 2.62), and lefthander Bryan Harper (Bryce’s brother, 10-1, 2.18) would comprise an outstanding weekend rotation for almost any Division I school in the country. All should be drafted in the top 10 rounds. The team’s top two relievers, sophomore righthanders Tyler Hanks and Aaron Kurcz, both throw in the mid-90s, and should also hear their names called early in the draft.
 
Scouting directors and national cross-checkers haven’t just been stopping by to look at one roster of junior-college players, however. Historically, Nevada has been in the bottom half of talent-producing states (81 players were drafted from 2004-09 that attended Nevada high schools, placing the state 29th), but four high-school prospects, all from the same Las Vegas neighborhood as the College of Southern Nevada, have been cross-checked heavily and could go in the top 5-8 rounds.
 
Slugging third baseman Kris Bryant has received much of the focus from scouts, especially after slugging 22 home runs this spring, although righthander Nick Kingham could become the first Nevada high-schooler off the board—especially if signbability issues cloud Bryant’s status.
 
Bryant has perhaps the best raw power in the 2010 high-school class nationally, but scouts have been debating all spring on just how usable that power is. The 6-foot-5 Bryant’s long arms and uppercut swing bring to mind all the best, and worst, of a Dave Kingman-type hitter.
 
Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman High has been a national prep power in recent years. At 36-4, it recently won its fifth consecutive 4-A state title, but admittedly didn’t have quite the powerhouse team it assembled in 2009, when it was crowned the mythical national-high school champions.
 
If there has been a demographic that didn’t stand out this year, it was the state’s college talent. In what is increasingly becoming the norm, the state’s two D-I programs, UNLV and Nevada, should only marginally impact the state’s overall talent base. Nevada was the superior team of the two (34-20 record as of May 25, vs. 27-27 for UNLV). Oddly, the only scheduled game of the 2010 season between the two schools was rained out and not made up.
 

IN A NUTSHELL
STRENGTH: College of Southern Nevada pitching, power bats.
WEAKNESS: College prospects.
OVERALL RATING (1-5-Scale): 5.
 

BEST COLLEGE TEAM: Nevada.
BEST JUNIOR-COLLEGE TEAM: Southern Nevada.
BEST HIGH-SCHOOL TEAM: Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas.
 
PROSPECT ON THE RISE: Bryce Harper, c, College of Southern Nevada. How can you get better than the projected No. 1 overall pick? Hit for the cycle in one JC playoff game, then go 6-for-6 with four home runs a day later. Case closed.
PROSPECT ON THE DECLINE: None. It’s been a banner year for every top prospect in the state, so it would be hard to pinpoint one player.
WILD CARD: Kris Bryant, 3b, Bonanza HS, Las Vegas. Some scouts moved away from Bryant early, but he finished on fire and ended up with 22 home runs. Signability will be a factor.
 

BEST OUT-OF-STATE PROSPECT, Nevada Connection: Tony Thompson, 3b, U. of Kansas (attended high school in Reno).
TOP 2011 PROSPECT: Brett Harrison, ss, Green Valley HS, Henderson.
TOP 2012 PROSPECT: Joey Gallo, 3b, Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas.
 
HIGHEST DRAFT PICKS
Draft History: Tyler Houston, c, Valley HS, Las Vegas (1989, Braves/1st round, 2nd pick).
2006 Draft: Kyle Smit, rhp, Spanish Springs HS, Sparks (Dodgers/5th round).
2007 Draft: Michael McDade, 1b, Silverado HS, Las Vegas (Blue Jays/6th round).
2008 Draft: Niko Vasquez, ss, Durango HS, Las Vegas (Cardinals/3rd round).
2009 Draft: Jeff Malm, 1b, Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas (Rays/5th round)
 
BEST TOOLS
Best Hitter: Bryce Harper, c, College of Southern Nevada.
Best Power: Bryce Harper, c, College of Southern Nevada.
Best Speed: Westley Moss, of, Nevada.
Best Defender: Bryce Harper, c, College of Southern Nevada.
Best Velocity: Tyler Hanks, rhp, College of Southern Nevada.
Best Breaking Stuff: Donn Roach, rhp, College of Southern Nevada.
 
TOP PROSPECTS
Full scouting reports available on players ranked on national Top 250 list (click on National Top 250)
 
GROUP ONE(Projected ELITE-Round Draft / Rounds 1-3)
1. BRYCE HARPER, c, College of Southern Nevada (Fr.)       National Top 250 (Rank 1)
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