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League Website: www.gscbl.com
2013 Summer Collegiate Top Prospect coverage
Golden State League Top Prospect list (free)
Summer-league
baseball in northern California has been in a steady state of
upheaval in recent years, with clubs jumping from one league to
another on a recurring basis. The first-year Golden State Collegiate
League is the latest attempt to bring some normalcy to the process.
Launched
inauspiciously this summer with seven clubs, including four former
members from the rival Pacific West League, the GSCBL will bolster
its profile considerably in 2014 with the addition of three more
teams, including Top Speed Baseball and the California Warriors, two
prospect-heavy clubs from the improved, but suddenly vulnerable Far
West League. For Petaluma-based Top Speed, which has compiled a
220-70 record in its five-year existence, it will mark the fourth
straight year that it has participated in a different summer league.
In
Top Speed’s absence, the pitching-rich Alameda Merchants dominated
the new GSCBL on the field in 2013, winning both the regular-season
and playoff titles. But it hardly had a monopoly on the best
prospects in the league as talent was fairly distributed among
several clubs.
FAST
FACTS
Year
League Established: 2013
States
Represented in League: California,
Nevada
No.
of Teams in League: 7
Regular-Season
Champion: Alameda Merchants (20-4,
31-13-1 overall)
Post-Season
Champion: Alameda Merchants
Teams,
Perfect Game Summer 50/Final Ranking:
No. 49 Alameda Merchants
Most
Valuable Player: Antonio Ibarra, 2b,
Auburn Wildcats
Pitcher
of the Year: Kyle Slinger, lhp, San
Francisco Seagulls (Tufts, Mass.)
BATTING
LEADERS (all games)
Batting
Average: Anthony Roberts, inf,
Nevada Big Horns (.388)
Home
Runs: Ethan McGill, 1b, Auburn
Wildcats; Matthew Moceri, inf, Atwater Aviators (8)
RBIs:
Stefan Kancylarz, ss, Auburn Wildcats (42)
Stolen
Bases: J.R. Davis, 2b, Alameda
Merchants (17)
PITCHING
LEADERS (all games)
Wins:
Matt Fontaine, rhp, Alameda Merchants (7)
ERA:
Matt Fontaine, rhp, Alameda Merchants (1.91)
Saves:
3 tied at 3
Strikeouts:
George Asmus, rhp, Alameda Merchants (64)
BEST
TOOLS
Best
Athlete: Mitch Ravizza, inf, San
Francisco Seagulls
Best
Hitter: Antonio Ibarra, 2b, Auburn,
Wildcats
Best
Power: Rowdy Tellez, 1b, Tri-Valley
Berkovich
Fastest
Base Runner: J.R. Davis, 2b, Alameda
Merchants
Best
Defensive Player: Gordon Madej, ss,
South Bay Storm
Best
Velocity: Ricky Delgado, rhp,
Alameda Merchants
Best
Breaking Ball: George Asmus, rhp,
Alameda Merchants
Best
Command: Matt Fontaine, rhp, Alameda
Merchants
TOP
10 PROSPECTS
1.
ROWDY TELLEZ, 1b, Tri-Valley Berkovich (SIGNED / Blue Jays)
Toronto’s
inability to sign California prep righthander Philip Bickford, its
first-round pick in this year’s draft, opened the door for the Blue
Jays to make an aggressive last-minute pitch at Tellez, their
31st-round
selection from Elk Grove (Calif.) High. He signed for $850,000,
marking the largest bonus paid out to a player drafted after the 10th round under new bonus rules that went into effect in 2012. The
6-foot-4, 240-pound Tellez, whose given name in Ryan, was initially
expected to be among the top 100 selections in the draft. When he
wasn’t, he slid precipitously as his bonus demands and college
commitment to USC deterred clubs from taking an early-to-mid-round
stab at him. He ended up playing in only five games this summer as a
rare high-school talent in the GSCBL, but his massive lefthanded
power potential, especially to the pull side, was readily evident. In
16 at-bats, he hit .438-1-4. As a high-school senior, he hit
.500-9-46 with a .979 slugging average. Easy raw power to all fields
is Tellez’ most obvious tool, and in time he could evolve into a
solid all-around hitter and defender. He has sound plate discipline
and moves well around the bag for a player his size. Tellez went on
to hit .234-2-20 in 34 games in his pro debut with the Jays entry in
the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.
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