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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Scouting the 2020 Draft: Casey Martin
Casey Martin SS, College(Arkansas). B-R, T-R. 5'11", 175 lbs.
2018: .345/.418/.556, 14 2B, 13 HR, 8 SB, 27 BB, 64 K, 252 AB.
2019: .287/.369/.556, 19 2B, 3 3B, 15 HR, 10 SB, 29 BB, 71 K, 261 AB.
Casey Martin may be small, but he's one of the most tooled up position players in this year's college draft class. Hit and power are obvious, although some scouts worry his size may force him to sell out for power too much which may explain his relatively high K rates. The arm is probably average for SS, while speed is rated as 80 by Fangraphs and 75 by MLB Pipeline(the only objective number I've see is a 6.6 60 in HS, which is very good, but not an 80). Fangraphs has him ranked at #24 but as the #7 college position prospect. MLB Pipeline has him at #15. He profiles similarly to Will Wilson except with a lot more speed(if you put on some glasses with a rose tint, you can see a comp to Trea Turner here. If the Giants were interested in drafting Wilson at #4 overall and were willing to pay $12 M for him in a salary dump trade, I could definitely see them taking Casey Martin at #13 if he is on the board there, but it also wouldn't be shocking if he vaulted into he top 10 with a strong junior season.
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