Giants select shortstop Christian Arroyo in first round | Giants Extra

Let's see....
BA has him ranked #102
Keith Law has him ranked #99
Oscar Mercado is still on the board.
It's not a need position
The reviews come right out of the chute talking about how ......if he fails to cut it at short, he can switch to another non-need position of C.

I don't know how I can make this into a good pick. He may hit, four years from now, from a position he was not drafted to fill. We'll never know if he would have still been around in Rounds Two or Three now.

So for now it's on to Round Two.

from Giants Extra:
Giants select shortstop Christian Arroyo in first round | Giants Extra:

The Giants made a surprise selection in Thursday’s MLB draft, selecting shortstop Christian Arroyo with the 25th pick in the first round. Arroyo, out of Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla., was ranked 102nd in the 2013 class by Baseball America and ranked 99th by ESPN’s Keith Law. According to the MLB Network, Arroyo has a verbal commitment to play at the University of Florida next year.

Here’s part of the Baseball America scouting report on Arroyo:

At 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, Arroyo has surprising pop and grades out as a solid-average hitter if not a tick better. He wants to play shortstop and has excellent hands, a quick release and instincts that allow him to make all the routine plays and some spectacular ones. Still, few scouts see him as a shortstop in the big leagues. Those who don’t think he can catch see him as a tweener, not quick enough for second and not powerful enough for third base. Arroyo is a Florida recruit.

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