Moustakas quick profile.

Eric · 05:25 PM

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:

Focus Area

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.

**Dunit35** · 06-07-2007, 12:40 PM

Was he a 21 year old high school senior?

HolmeZz · 06-07-2007, 12:42 PM

Yeah, that birth date can't be right.

**HemiEd** · 06-07-2007, 12:42 PM

He wasn't even the best hitter on his HS team?

tyton75 · 06-07-2007, 12:46 PM

I don't like that profile.. reminds me of the old days where we draft purely for sign-ability

Eric · 06-07-2007, 01:03 PM

I guess Dayton doesn't like the other hitting prospects down there

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.

HolmeZz · 06-07-2007, 01:06 PM

I'd imagine a lot of soon-to-be 22 year olds could display good power playing against high schoolers.

Infidel Goat · 06-07-2007, 01:07 PM

I've seen his birthday as 9.11.88 which means he'll turn 19 in September. Vitters, I believe, will be 18 at about the same time.

Demonpenz · 06-07-2007, 01:09 PM

he looked slow as dog shit on the replays.

Infidel Goat · 06-07-2007, 01:11 PM

Nice SI article on him:

SI LINK

tomahawk kid · 06-07-2007, 01:11 PM

'Hamas' Jenkins · 06-07-2007, 01:11 PM

No offense, guys, but this really seems like a poor pick.

HolmeZz · 06-07-2007, 01:14 PM

I wouldn't like the pick either if I was a Royal fan.

htismaqe · 06-07-2007, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyton75

I don't like that profile.. reminds me of the old days where we draft purely for sign-ability

Most of the top prospects were Boras guys.

A couple of the guys KC was eyeing wanted 8-10 million up front...

Infidel Goat · 06-07-2007, 01:22 PM

I think that Moustakas is a Boras client.

He set both the single season and career home run records in California.

Hard to say it's a bad pick. Not like we just took the 50th best prospect at the two spot.

Of course, I'm still cursing the Royals for sweeping the Tigers at the end of last season. Had we lost any of those games, we'd have been the team picking David Price.

06-07-2007, 12:37 PM
Eric Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	Moustakas quick profile. 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: Focus Area 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. Last edited by Eric; 06-07-2007 at 05:25 PM..
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06-07-2007, 12:40 PM	#2
Dunit35 Keepin it Real Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oklahoma Casino cash: $1567045	Was he a 21 year old high school senior?
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06-07-2007, 12:42 PM	#3
HolmeZz i guess its bittersweet poetry Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NeW HaVeN, CT Casino cash: $10004900	Yeah, that birth date can't be right.
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06-07-2007, 01:03 PM	#6
Eric Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	I guess Dayton doesn't like the other hitting prospects down there 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.
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06-07-2007, 01:06 PM	#7
HolmeZz i guess its bittersweet poetry Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NeW HaVeN, CT Casino cash: $10004900	I'd imagine a lot of soon-to-be 22 year olds could display good power playing against high schoolers.
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06-07-2007, 01:07 PM	#8
Infidel Goat Beer Sherpa Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: shackled in a cellar Casino cash: $4022493	I've seen his birthday as 9.11.88 which means he'll turn 19 in September. Vitters, I believe, will be 18 at about the same time.
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Demonpenz I got Rice cookin in the micro Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Apartment "G UNIT!" Casino cash: $3152136	he looked slow as dog shit on the replays. __________________
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06-07-2007, 01:11 PM	#10
Infidel Goat Beer Sherpa Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: shackled in a cellar Casino cash: $4022493	Nice SI article on him: SI LINK
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06-07-2007, 01:11 PM	#12
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	No offense, guys, but this really seems like a poor pick. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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HolmeZz i guess its bittersweet poetry Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NeW HaVeN, CT Casino cash: $10004900	I wouldn't like the pick either if I was a Royal fan.
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06-07-2007, 01:22 PM	#15
Infidel Goat Beer Sherpa Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: shackled in a cellar Casino cash: $4022493	I think that Moustakas is a Boras client. He set both the single season and career home run records in California. Hard to say it's a bad pick. Not like we just took the 50th best prospect at the two spot. Of course, I'm still cursing the Royals for sweeping the Tigers at the end of last season. Had we lost any of those games, we'd have been the team picking David Price.
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