Griffin Conine is the son of former Giants nemesis Jeff Conine. Yeah, that guy from the Marlins. Griffin is a B-L, T-R OF for the Duke Blue Devils who, after a slow start his freshman season broke out last year in his sophomore campaign and backed that up with a MVP performance in the Cape Cod League.
2017(College): .298/.425/.546, 13 HR, 9 SB, 41 BB, 45 K, 218 AB.
2017(CCL): .326, 11 HR, 20 BB, 48 K, 178 AB.
He's got an average build with some strength at 6'1", 200 lbs. On video he has a spread stance with hands way back and up high. He kind of wraps the bat around his head a bit reminding me of Nate Schierholtz. The swing is long with a moderate uppercut which should produce dingers and K's. Combine that with his plate discipline and you get a 3 true-outcomes hitter. He might have enough speed and arm to cover LF in some MLB parks but in an era where OF defense is valued, he is more likely a 1B/DH type. He has his supporters out there, but for me he's a late first rounder at best.
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DrB's Updated 2018 Draft Board:
1. Seth Beer, OF/1B, College(Clemson).
2. Jarrad Kelenic, OF, HS.
3. Nander De Sedas, SS, HS.
4. Kumar Rocker, RHP, HS.
5. Ethan Hankins, RHP, HS.
6. Brady Singer, RHP, College(Florida).
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7. Matthew Liberatore, LHP, HS.
8. Nolan Gorman, 3B, HS.
9. Greyson Jenista, OF/1B, College(Wichita St.).
10. Casey Mize, RHP, College(Auburn).
11. Nick Madrigal, 2B, College(Oregon St.).
12. Shane McClanahan, LHP, College(Univ. of South Florida).
13. Griffin Conine, OF, College(Duke).
14. Brice Turang, SS, HS.
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A little off topic but any chance the Giants nab Ohtani? Mlb.com's been writing about him a lot lately, so I watched some video of him for the first time and all I can say is w-o-w.
ReplyDeleteI'm not getting my hopes up because, it's the Giants after all, and they never seem to get these high profile international guys. But man, 23 years old, and he looks absolutely incredible as a pitcher or a hitter.
Since the Giants cannot offer Ohtani more than a $300 K bonus, I would say their chances of signing him are slimmer than none. It'l not like they have a great track record with Asian players to try to sell him on either. I'll say the 3 favorites to sign him are the Yankees, Mariners and Dodgers in that order. Yankees and Dodgers can point to several Asian players who have had successful careers with their teams. Mariners had Ichiro and Iwakuma and have been trading players for bonus pool money and can probably offer the biggest bonus.
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