It's pretty cool in comparison to the pain that's watching the NFL draft sometimes. Plus, no commercials, interviews, or Chris Berman to screw things up.
Gominsky hit .307 with 18 RBI in 189 ABs (49 games) for Minnesota this year. Slugged .381 and had on OBP of .367. He had a knee injury last year that limited him to 6 games, so he may have been affected a bit from the aftereffects. Freshman year, he hit .338 with 3 homers and 25 RBI in 44 games. He slugged .478 and had an on-base pct of .407. Was 11-11 on steals that year. Hamblin went the JUCO route after graduating, hitting .429 with 17 homers and 88 RBI in 09. Last year, he hit .226 with 7 homers and 41 RBI in 61 games (54 starts). Struck out 29% of the time (52 K's in 186 ABs) that year. He got the average up to .259, with 6 homers and 26 RBI this year.
Stats from his Clemson page. John Hinson redshirted in 2009 due to a back injury. Hinson's Overall Stats Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB 2008 .264 39-25 87 10 23 0 1 1 11 28 8 0 2 .320 5-6 2010 .351 67-57 251 60 88 9 1 17 75 150 26 2 4 .410 25-30 Total .328 106-82 338 70 111 9 2 18 86 178 34 2 6 .387 30-36 This year, he hit .331 with 9 homers and 41 RBI. He slugged .514, walked 24 times and fanned 34 times, and owned an OBP of .388. Also stole 23 bases in 29 attempts.
#460: Zachary Johnson, 1B, Okie State A JUCO guy last year. Hit .389, with 24 homers, 112 RBI, and slugged .684 in 2 years at Ohlone Junior College. This season... 12 Johnson, Zach.... .356 59-59 225 AB 51 R 80 21 2B 1 3B 13 HR 63 RBI 142 .631 SLG% 26 BB 6 22 K 5 .424 OBP 7 3 0-0 523 45 5 .991
#550: Kevin Miller, RHP, Cal. Stellar freshman season, then he sort of lost his way a bit during his sophomore and junior years. 2011 stats: 2.62 ERA 6-4 20 apps 9 starts 0 0/5 1 save 79.0 IP 70 H 30 R 23 ER 13 BB 84 K 12 0 2 HR 292 .240 avg against 6 8 0 4 6
580: Mitchell Lambson, LHP, Arizona State Lights-out his first two years at ASU, a bit of a down season this year, but he's got the Devils into the Super Regionals against UT.
It seems like they're taking chances on guys who could either flop terribly or blossom into major league stars. Most notably with their first round pick of Springer. Time will tell (as is always the case with the MLB draft) - But I think this one has the potential to stock the system with loads of talent.
In Round 22, the Astros go with Andrew Muren, a CF from Cal State Northridge. juicy, the Gulf Coast League and Greeneville await a bunch of these guys.
