Moustakas quick profile.

[Eric]

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/m...p?mc=moustakas
http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/new...t=.jsp&c_id=kc

Biographical Data

Player Name: Mike Moustakas
Position: Shortstop/Third baseman
School: Chatsworth HS, Chatsworth, Calif.
School Type: High school
Academic Class: Senior
Birthdate: 06/10/85
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Report Date(s): 03/22/07
Game(s): Granada Hills
Scouting Video:

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Comments
Hitting Ability: Moustakas can flat-out hit and has potential to hit for average and power.
Power: He's a left-handed hitter with serious power. He homered three times in this game.
Running Speed: Moustakas is a below-average runner.
Arm Strength: Moustakas has an above-average cannon for an arm.
Fielding: He plays shortstop for his high school team, with fellow draft prospect Matt Dominguez at third, but Moustakas profiles as a third baseman in the future. He's not bad around the bag at short currently.
Range: Moustakas has limited range, a reason why he'll probably move to third as a pro.
Physical Description: Moustakas, a one-time catcher, has cleaned up his body quite a bit and is more athletic than he's been in the past as a power-hitting lefty.
Medical Update: Healthy.
Strengths: His bat and his arm strength.
Weaknesses: His defensive range.
Summary: While Matt Dominguez gets most of the publicity at Chatsworth HS, Moustakas -- a former Team USA member -- has been just as hot. He made teams pay when they tried to pitch around Dominguez. Both have the chance to be special hitters.

[cookster50]

Originally Posted by Chief Chief

At least we have a solid power hitter to eventually replace Sweeney when we trade him in July to a playoff contender.

Dude, the kid isn't even old enough to wipe his own arse, he isn't playing in the bigs this year, next year, or probably not even the year after that.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by H5N1

that's JUST the point I was making... guys come from out of nowhere and make all the 'paid professionals' look like total idiots

my point was it's worthless to decry who is picked in the MLB draft because it's even worse than a crapshoot: I'm almost totally convinced that a group of chimpanzees throwing darts at a dartboard would be more successful in the long run than a team that spends time and money scouting

Someone threw out an interesting stat on 810 today. They said only 60% of first round picks ever see the big leagues at all. I'd be curious what percentage actually make it there for good.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Someone threw out an interesting stat on 810 today. They said only 60% of first round picks ever see the big leagues at all. I'd be curious what percentage actually make it there for good.

Yeah, the draft in baseball is much much more of an art than a science. That's why teams who pick player types rather than specimens often tend to do better.

[Eric]

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/new...t=.jsp&c_id=kc

[Infidel Goat]

Originally Posted by Eric

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/new...t=.jsp&c_id=kc

From that article:

At 6 feet, 195 pounds, Moustakas (pronounced Moo-STOCK-is), played shortstop this past spring, a position at which the Royals believe he can stay.

If he can really stick at SS then I would love this pick.

[Cards Fan 4 Chiefs]

Royals fans, I'm sorry for all the bad posts

Mike Moustakas

[Cards Fan 4 Chiefs]

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