I LIKED THIS GOLDEN TATE, A LOT!!!
The wrong Giants, I really would have liked for the FOOTBALL GIANTS to pick Tate, but this has been my luck lately. Pretty much Bass-ackwards.
FROM BLEACHER REPORT BLOG:
http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b4vaS
With their last pick, the Giants selected Golden Tate, a former Notre Dame wide receiver who was drafted in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
Tate did not play baseball this season for the Fighting Irish, but started in 54 of Notre Dame's 59 games in 2009, batting .329 with four triples and 13 stolen bases. Tate was drafted out of high school by Arizona in the 42nd round of the 2007 Draft but opted to go to Notre Dame. Although it appears Tate will continue to focus on football, Barr said Tate's tools were too good to pass up.
"We felt he was one of the best athletes in the Draft. We felt like we took a great athlete at the top [No. 24 overall pick Gary Brown] and were still taking great athletes at the end of the Draft," Barr said. "Our scout in Indiana wrote him up as a prospect and said this guy could play the game and he pictured him as a guy with the ability and tools to play. Does he have football as an option? Sure, but it also gives us the opportunity to be able to talk to him or, if he changes his mind, then he can come to the Giants and we can give him the opportunity."
WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS GOLDEN TATE??
Another high-profile player, at least in baseball circles, was San Francisco's 48th-round pick, Devin Harris. Harris, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound right fielder out of South Carolina, was drafted in the eighth round of the 2009 Draft by Baltimore.
As a junior, Harris hit .344 with 14 home runs, 48 RBIs and 13 stolen bases. This season, he hit .324 with 13 home runs and 53 RBIs, and Barr said Harris didn't fall because of ability, but signability.
Barr said the Giants would monitor Harris in the Cape Cod League this summer and try to work on a contract agreement later in the summer.
Another late pick with some potential.
FROM MLB.COM
Giants pick #588 overall Austin Southall, 6-2,CF B-L, T-R from University HS (LA)
Comments: Southall didn't face the best competition this spring, so it made it a little difficult to evaluate him. He did hold his own at the East Coast Showcase last summer, a sign that he can rise to the level of better players. He has a strong arm from the outfield and has worked hard to get his body into better shape. At the plate, he has some raw power to the pull side. It might take him a while to get there, but he has the chance to be a decent big-leaguer some day.
Not a bad draft by John Barr, the Giants Scouting Director, and his staff. They have done a lot of the heavy lifting in bringing the Giants back to respectability.
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