[洋基] Yankees first round pick number 32 – Cito Culver SS

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Cito Culver Scouting Report from mlb:

Culver is a switch-hitter who’s better from the left side of the plate,

showing more bat speed from that side. He has some gap-to-gap power right

 now. He looks like he should have above-average speed but his run times

haven’t been great and he’s better underway. At times, scouts have

questioned his effort level on the field, though they don’t question

 his natural gifts.



He has the tools, especially his arm strenghth, to perhaps stay at short

stop though a move to center-field could make some sense. He has a

Maryland commitment but there was some buzz that he’d be willing to

forego for the right price.



Baseball America

Hidden away in upstate New York—hardly a baseball hotbed—Culver sticks

 out like a sore thumb. He is the rare Northeast prep product with a

legitimate chance to play shortstop in the major leagues. Culver’s best

 tool is his arm, which rates as a 65 on the 20-80 scouting scale. Some

 scouts report seeing him up to 94 mph off the mound, but he has no interest

 in pitching. The game comes easily to Culver, whose actions, instincts and

 range are all plus at times, though he has a long way to go to become a

consistent defender, and some believe he profiles as a utility player down

the road. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Culver is a solid-average runner and a

switch-hitter with a loose, whippy swing from both sides of the plate. He

projects to have below-average power and is mostly a slap hitter, but he

does generate good bat speed and could be an average hitter as he gets

stronger. Culver is an excellent athlete who plays basketball in the winter,

 and he could take off once he focuses on baseball. He could be drafted in

the fourth- to sixth-round range, but he is considered a difficult sign

away from his Maryland commitment.



From Baseball Beginnings.

The first thing you would notice about Culver is that his athletic actions

 jump off the field. Listed at 6-1, 167 he’s got a modest build on which

 the strength is still filling in. The quickness jumps out, both in his

 hands and his footwork. It also plays in his running speed and he has a

fast first step.



The next tool would be his arm. On the mound, he was 90-91, which really

isn’t bad for a guy with that kind of frame. What you didn’t see with

 Culver was a lot of physical projection for height, which would make his

future as a right-handed pitcher pretty nominal. On one play, a kid fouled

a pitch back behind the screen. Culver came off the mound, full speed,

and caught up to his catcher deep in foul territory. It was a throwaway

play to some scouts, but it showed me reflexes, his first step and his

acceleration. The guy is an athlete.


He was very new to hitting with wood when I saw him and he didn’t have

the strength. But all this guy would have to do is learn how to slap the

ball and put it on the ground and he can run you .300 and have the arm

 and range for 2B, SS and 3B. So the guy could become a very good bench

 player or a very good everyday player if the offense comes along. What

 you cannot discount is the easy and loose athletic actions. You can’t

buy those and they don’t sell them at the gym.



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