#31 Carter Jurica, SS. BD: 9/23/1988. 5"11", 185 lbs. B-R, T-R.
Short Season(Salem-Keizer): .216/.282/.322, 4 HR, 10 SB. College(Kansas State): .363/.447/.624, 13 HR, 18 SB.
Carter Jurica was drafted in the 3'rd round of the 2010 draft out of Kansas State. He got off to a slow start in pro ball, struggling to make consistent contact. His Isos weren't terrible, and he finished on an up note hitting .317 over his last 10 games. A lot of people had never heard of him before he was drafted, including me, but he improved significantly in each of his 3 college seasons and put up good offensive numbers in his junior season even by college standards.
I'm guessing some of you think this ranking is way too high, and it may be. Part of it is his draft rank and part of it is his college numbers. Yes, I know college numbers mean about as much as Fresno numbers, but they were pretty good, even for college. I'm giving him a mulligan on his slow start and a #31 ranking isn't all that high anyway. Not sure where we'll see him next year, but I don't see anyone blocking his way to San Jose. That's where you would expect a 3'rd round draft pick out of a major college program to start his first full season. He'll have to show something in 2011 to remain on the prospect map though.
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I haven't done any serious research on the matter, but from casual observation, the position of shortstop seems as thin as it has been in the last 10 years or so. This is true both at the major league level as well as in the minors. I would venture to say that most teams are like the Giants in that their top shortstop prospects are either good field-no hit or good hit-no field (likely destined to move off shortstop). Maybe the Giants felt Jurica was the best shortstop left on the board and that he would not be around when their turn came around again. Perhaps they feel he is a good bet to remain at shortstop while providing good offense. And hopefully they saw something in him that they can work with that other teams overlooked, as they did with Belt.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that assessment.
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