definitely some power arms. matzek and purke are just flat out studs. when you add those two with strasburg, you can’t go wrong at the top of the draft. grant green is probably the elite position player, but i don’t know how he fits in with the pitchers. alex white and kyle gibson are no slouches either.

i would have to add zach wheeler to your list. he was 94 with movement and a good breaking ball. he also has a perfect pitcher’s frame. keyvius sampson was also impressive. super athletic kid with 93 mph heat and a nice hook.

I thought the pitching was ahead of the hitting but there were no big arms out there. I think that Wheeler overthrew. As a pitcher, he looked way behind Tyler Matzek, who was the best picher, and Matthew Purke. If they stay healthy, both should be top ten draftees.

Matt Davidson was the best hitter out there. He has a quick bat and loads up on every pitch. It also looks like he can stay at 3B. I was not impressed with Givens at the plate or on the mound. He has a good glove at SS but his arm did not impress me there either.

Donovan Tate shows promise. Good range in CF but questionable judgment. PLENTY of time to improve both. Has the makings of a hitter but has a long swing. I thought Maddox was the best righty of a solid but unspectacular group. Like most of the righties, he hung some breaking pitches that he got away with.

I think the West had two catchers, Stassi and Susac, that have very high upsides. Stassi looks more advanced, both as a hitter and catcher. Stassi may be close to Skipworth in draftability.

The quickest bat on the East belonged to Scooter Gennett. He does not project well because of his size but he might make a serviceable 2B. The MVP, Goodwin, was because of circumstances, although he actually hit the ball hard his last at bat. I say that because he was the only hard hit ball by the East except for a long fly by Tate. Heathcott, who lost the game deserved a much better fate.

If anybody is interested in a particular player, I have decent notes on most.

Both Matzek and Purke were clearly impressive, i think your talking about guys that are locks to go in the top 10 in the draft. They key with them is they seem to be sound mechanically and know how to pitch rather than throw.

Personally, i really liked Heathcott both on the mound and at the plate. Ability to go oppostie way to drive in the first run of the game is definitly something you like to see from a young hitter. Honestly i dont really see the Ethan Martin comparisons, i can see Mike Hampton as a better comp.

Once Turner settled down he was just throwing bullets out there and looked like he was doing it with ease. Zack Wheeler looked that same way as well. Donovan Tate will be an interesting situation when he makes the decision between football and baseball.

Overall i think 09 will be a better high school class than 08 was. Spring will tell if it can match up with the 2007 class

because I think he is a pitcher. Talk about hero to goat! If he makes that PO he might be MVP.

the MVP of the game, I saw play recently. He has great defensive tools and can hit some but his bat isn’t great. I’m not even sure hes the best player on his travel team, that isn’t a criticism of him though. Hes a really good ballplayer and athlete. Definately worth following.

His travel-ball teammate Will Meyers is a bat to watch. Hes a 1b/3b with a solid arm who shows some really nice plus power during batting practice.

Keep an eye out for 2010 or 2011 OF DeSean Anderson. Hes not very big at all but hes got a muscular, athletic build and can light up BP with some real long shots despite his young age and lack of size. He can run and throw too. He didn’t really translate his hitting ability to game situations when I saw him but hes still plenty young and plenty talented

The SS on that team, Levi Michael, has a nice gap-to-gap line drive hitting kind of game. Real solid swing that goes right to the ball. Hes got decent but unspectacular middle infield tools.