BA Profiles for rounds 5-9

5th round, Nick Mcbride, HS RHP, NC, 6'4"
No profile; not in top 200

6th round, PR HS OF Ruben Sierra JR

#124 RUBEN SIERRA JR., OF, SAN JUAN (P.R.) EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL
Like his father, Sierra passes scouts' eye test, standing 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds with room to fill out. As that happens, Sierra will likely have to move from center field to right field. He certainly has the arm strength for right—his throws from the outfield have been clocked at 92 mph. His other tools are impressive as well. He runs a 6.4-second 60-yard dash and can put on a show during batting practice. It's a different story, however, against live pitching. As a lefthanded hitter, Sierra has a tendency to bail out—his step is toward first base—causing him to become exposed against pitches away. Despite his natural tools, Sierra sometimes looks like he's just going through the motions. Still, teams that value tools and projection are dreaming on Sierra, and he's seen as a player who will greatly benefit from getting into pro ball, getting better instruction and playing every day.


7th round, Braxton Lane, 5.10/190 HS CF, GA, SH
No profile; not in top 200


8th Round, Braden Tullis, RHP, JC, 6.2/200, ID, 1.23.90
No profile; not in top 200


9th Round, Jabari Blash, RF, 6.5/218, JC, 19.8yo
121 JABARI BLASH, OF, MIAMI DADE JC
Blash played some high school baseball in the Virgin Islands, enough to try to use baseball to go to college in the U.S. mainland. He attended Alcorn State for a year but wasn't academically eligible, due to transcript issues. He redshirted that season, then wound up transferring to Miami-Dade JC, where he didn't even earn a starting job when the season started. He's quite raw and has holes in his swing, owing in part to his large 6-foot-5, 210-pound frame. He also has big-time tools, and several observers called him Florida's best five-tool prospect. Blash has plus raw power, with 10 homers in just 102 at-bats this season, and above-average speed (he runs the 60 in 6.7 seconds) and throwing arm (it's a right field arm, if not the cannon reported earlier this spring). Some scouts dream on Blash's frame and see a future Jermaine Dye, who also was a JC player.



Summary:
Good value picks in Blash and Sierra.
Apparent reaches with McBride, Tullis and Lane. I will try to hunt down some profile on these latter three as they do not appear in the BA bible...


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