Scouting the 2023 Draft: Four More Players

Bryce Eldridge RHP/1B HS.  DOB:  10/20/2004.  B-L, T-R.  6' 7", 220 lbs.  

Could be the one true 2-way player in the draft, which is why Giants fans should be aware of him going in.  Tremendous size with oodles of room for growth.  Mid-90's FB with 2 good secondary pitches.  Tremendous LH power with a relatively short stroke giving him enough contact to reach his power.  Per MLB capsule scouting report, most scouts lean toward developing him as a hitter but there is serious debate and some team(like the Giants) might seriously try to develop him both ways.  Also has enough speed and athleticism to play RF and obviously has the arm.  BTW, he looks more like a pitcher to my eye.

Nolan Schanuel 1B/OF College.  DOB:  2/14/2002.  B-L, T-R.  6'4", 220 lbs. 

2023(Florida Atlantic):  .447/.615/.868, 19 HR, 71 BB, 14 K, 289 PA.  

2022(Cape Cod League):  .200/342/.272, HR, 24 BB, 24 K, 155 PA.

Video game numbers for Florida Atlantic, his hometown college.  Reportely slow afoot which will limit him to 1B or DH in the pros.  Struggled in Cape Cod League which raises questions about strength of competition.  Some of walk rate my be due to that and opposing teams pitching around him.  An FZ led scouting staff could be intrigued by the power and insane K/BB.  

Chase Davis OF College.  DOB:  12/5/2021.  B-L, T-L.  6' 1", 215 lbs.

2023(Arizona):  .362/.489/.742, 21 HR, 43 BB, 40 K.

2022(Cape Cod League):  .212/.379/.250, 13 BB, 16 K. 

Top 100 draft prospect in 2020 who did not get picked due to shortened draft.  Sweet lefthanded swing with power.  Probably more of a corner OF than CF.  Harold Reynolds of MLB is a big fan and comps his swing to Carlos Gonzalez.  Video looks a lot like Lamonte Wade Jr to my eye.  I am always suspicious of numbers out of Arizona or ASU.

Walker Martin SS HS:  DOB:  2/20/2004.  B-L, T-R.  6'2", 188 lbs.  

2-sport athlete from Colorado.  Also played QB for his HS.  Great size for a SS with both hit and power tools which would play at 3B if he has to move there.

DrB's 2023 Draft Board:

1.  Dylan Crews OF(College)

2.  Paul Skenes RHP(College)

3.  Wyatt Langford OF(College)

4.  Walker Jenkins OF(HS)

5.  Max Clark OF(HS)

6. Jacob Gonzalez SS(College)

7.  Jacob Wilson SS(College)

8.  Kyle Teel C(College)

9.  Tommy Troy SS(Stanford)

10. Arjun Nimmala SS(HS)

11.  Brayden Taylor 3B(College)

12.  Brock Wilken 3B(College)

13.  Noble Meyer RHP(HS)

14.  Thomas White LHP(HS)

15.  Charlee Soto RHP(HS)

16.  Bryce Eldridge RHP/1B(HS)

17. Walker Martin SS(HS)

18.  Colin Houck SS(HS)

19.  Matt Shaw SS(College)

20.  Chase Davis OF(College)

21.  Nolan Schanuel 1B/OF(College)

22.  Hursten Waldrep RHP(College)

23.  Rhett Lowder RHP(College)

24.  Enrique Bradfield OF(College)

25.  Yohandy Morales 3B(College)

It continues to be a banner draft for college hitters and a terrible year for college pitchers not named Paul Skenes.  Preseason top pitcher, Chase Dollander RHP drops completely off my board as does Will Sanders RHP.  In their place, we're seeing a few HS hitters and pitchers move up although college hitters continue to dominate.

I'll plan to break it down a bit further as the we approach the draft All-Star Game weekend and try to guess who the Giants will draft at #16.