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Matt Sulentic: stud or dud?

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From the prospect experts out there, i'd like an opinion on matt sulentic. In his 06 debut he looked like one of the better pure hitters at the highschool level to come from that 06 draft. Some of the Top 100 publications even took notice and said he might have a chance to crack some lists w/ a good season. He destroyed the SS Vancouver league, but followed it up with an equally horrible low A kane county.  Basically he fell of the prospect radar after that 07 season. 08 he held his own in the cal league but missed the last month + due to injury. 09 didnt start playing till mid-late april but  as a 21 yr old in AA had done well IMO. Has he regained that status and put himself back on the map? What is his upside? Will his lack of power for a corner OF limit him?

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Matthew%20Sulentic&pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=501991

21 yr old in AA.
struggles against lefties, destroys righties.
overall 8 walks in 98 ab’s…not good. but 7bb have come in the last 35.
speed/stolen bases- most surprising . he started the season late on april 21. he already has 10 steals so far
defense – last yr his coaches praised his improvement

Garland also has been impressed with Sulentic’s play in the outfield, noting that the youngster could “play in the big leagues now as an outfielder.”

http://international.league.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080627&content_id=424545&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

here’s his 06 draft report

Sulentic is a pure lefthanded hitter with power to all fields. He’s an average runner with a decent arm, and his instincts allow his tools to play up in all aspects of the game. Scouts love his makeup, perhaps more than any high school player in Texas. His chief drawback is his size. He’s built along the lines of Lenny Dykstra but is more suited for left field than center. Sulentic has played shortstop, and if a team believes he could handle second base he could get picked as early as the second round.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2006team.php?team=OAK

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He was very impressive in the recent 4-game series in Frisco.

The Rockhounds manager had him batting 9th, but he looked legit. For the series, I saw him go 6-12 with 2 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 runs scored. He stole 5 bases and was caught only once. His K:BB ratio was 3:4.

The sample size is small, but I saw a guy with 5 tools tear it up.

by NoNameOnCard on May 23, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn't call him stud or dud

Right now he looks like he has a good chance to be a 4th outfieder or half of a platoon. I am starting to believe in his ability to hit for average again, which may carry him to the majors but right now he provides a pretty empty average. He doesn’t walk much and doesn’t hit for much power, especially for a corner outfielder. He has also shown some pretty strong platoon splits.

He is still young enough to improve his patience or power but I think I wouldn’t start projecting much more for him untill he shows signs of changing.

He’s gotten good reports on his defense in the corners and has shown moderate speed on the basepaths with 10 SB’s so far but neither really shows as more than good at this point. This time last year he was almost completely off my radar so he has made some big strides and I will definitely be keeping an eye on him.

by DiegoAsFan on May 23, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He doesn't profile well

He has a major league caliber bat IMO. He could be a platoon OF at least and he could be a starter for a team that is willing to accept a .300 hitter with a good glove with less than average power for a corner outfielder.

http://milbprospects.blogspot.com/

by garrioch13 on May 23, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe a Matt Diaz type?

Never, Never, NEVER give up

by hero66 on May 24, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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