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I don't know that they're that similar. Bello is 3-4 inches taller and built more lithely than Stokes. Bello has a plus arm and projects to be a plus defender in center, while Stokes has a below average arm and is fringey in center. Bello has a bigger leg kick and bent rear leg from an open stance with hands set much higher than Stokes. Stokes has a very calm swing, though not as much bat speed.

Low 90's FB, maybe touching 93-95, very nice curveball. Don't think he's a high leverage late inning guy, but I've liked him for a few years now and think he could be a middle relief asset.

Perfect Game report on Micah Bello: Hawaii is only periodically represented on the high school top prospect and draft lists and Bello's fast rise this spring makes 2018 one of those years. He is a young quick-twitch athlete who grades out as plus or better both for his running speed and for his arm strength from the outfield, a combination that should make him a very good defensive center fielder. Offensively, Bello is a righthanded hitter who has a short and quick swing that is well suited for a speed profile, although anything above gap power is strictly a projection at this point.

Perfect Game report on Joe Gray Jr: Joe Gray Jr is a 2018 OF with a 6-3 195 lb. frame from Hattiesburg, MS who attends Hattiesburg HS. Outstanding physical build, very projectable. 6.75 in the sixty, plays much faster on the baseball field. Outstanding range in the outfield, gets quick jumps and runs direct routes, laser arm strength, fields the ball easily and gets rid of it quickly, highest level defensive tools. Right handed hitter, hits from a wide base with a short swing and good extension out front, generates big bat speed and power in batting practice, game swing is less fluid and consistent but the big tools are there with more repetitions. Good student, verbal commitment to Mississippi. Selected for the 2017 Perfect Game All-American Classic. Perfect Game NHSI report on Gray: Adams debut has overshadowed the performance of a not dissimilar athlete in Hattiesburg centerfielder Joe Gray Jr. (2018, Hattiesburg, Miss.). Gray made significant changes to his approach and swing at the plate between the summer and the fall, simplifying and shortening most aspects of his swing, and they've really taken hold based on his consistent at-bats and hard line drive contact. He's not shown the plus lifting power he flashed during the summer but it is there laying latent to be brought out gradually with more repetitions of his sounder present approach. Gray does not have Adams’ running speed, as few baseball players at any level do, but watching him throw the ball from the outfield generates the same excitement in this scout as watching Adams run.

And another Perfect Game report on Turang: One of the top prospects in this year's crop of California talent is PG All-American Brice Turang. The shortstop has been near the forefront of the scouting community for some time now and will certainly draw large crowds of scouts and evaluators in to see him as he is currently a projected first round pick. Turang is a quality prospect who does so many things right on a baseball field and attacks everything with a polished, professional approach. The Louisiana State signee is viewed upon as a prototypical shortstop prospect, however he has also shows the athleticism and twitch to play centerfield for his high school team if need be. The bat is the selling point here as his approach at the plate is so polished and disciplined, especially for an amateur prospect. The frame looks stronger through the lower half, however there is still plenty of room for additional development, and Turang operates in the box like he knows exactly how he's going to be pitched. He looks to drive the ball the other way but will also hunt fastballs over the inner half when he looks to ambush. The bat-to-ball skills stand out and Turang still has the look of a high selection in this year's draft.

Courtesy of Perfect Game, report on Brice Turang from the 2018 NHSI: One of the prospects who entered this event as a projected first-round pick and has received enormous attention is West Coast shortstop Brice Turang (2018, Corona, Calif.). It has become a spectacle for every one of the LSU signee’s at-bats, but Turang has showed out well in all aspects thus far. As mentioned earlier in this feature, BP is a very important tool for scouts to evaluate prospects in terms of their approach, swing, and raw power. Turang took some of the best BP of the event to date with a really smooth lefthanded stroke and turned on the barrel with authority. He currently has probably average raw power and you can project a bit more than that at the next level. The difference in offensive approach has been notable in game, as he seems to allow his speed to do more of the work during the game. The aforementioned speed classifies Turang as a plus runner, posting times consistently in the 4.1 second range, including a best time of 4.12 seconds. Turang gets out of the box quickly and already has notched a couple of infield singles on the tournament, while the speed aids him defensively. He ranges effortlessly to both sides and has such a natural feel for the position that makes difficult plays look routine; one example that comes to mind is a pop up probably about 130 feet deep on the left field line that Turang had the whole way and made rather easily. The overall skill-set and tools make him a strong first round candidate, and his at-bats will be heavily attended for the remainder of the event as Turang is still going ot be looked upon to turn the barrel over with authority going forward. In what turned out to be a matchup for the ages, No. 22 John Curtis Christian (La.) upset No. 6 American Heritage (Fla.) 2-1 and there were a number of impact players on both sides. Brandon Davis (2018, Kenner, La.) has been the catalyst for the John Curtis lineup and the Tennessee signee showed a number of intriguing tools. Davis operates in one mode on a baseball field and that’s full-speed, from the get-go of the event he has been going all-out on both sides of the ball. Davis showed off the defensive chops during this game with a sliding, over-the-shoulder grab in shallow left field to rob a hit and maintain the slim lead. The offensive approach features a similar mantra as he doesn’t sit around and wait for pitches when he will jump on and hammer the first pitch he likes. Davis looks to drive the ball on a line but will also hit a fair share of ground balls and allow his speed to work; the best run time of the event thus far he has recorded is 4.42 seconds but his quick burst out of the box allow his speed to play up.

And ten college pitchers the Brewers could target to make an impact in Helena/Wisconsin (h/t to D1 Baseball for these as well): Frank German, RHP, North Florida Colten Schmidt, LHP, Louisiana Chris Gau, RHP, Jacksonville Colton Eastman, RHP, Fullerton Josh Maciejewski, LHP, Charlotte Clayton Andrews, LHP, Long Beach State Jake Irvin, RHP, Oklahoma Adam Wolf, LHP, Louisville Miller Hogan, RHP, Saint Louis Daniel Bies, RHP, Gonzaga

Owen Sharts’ name literally means “to be in poop debt”

Ten college hitters the Brewers could target to make an impact in Helena/Wisconsin (h/t to D1 Baseball for these): Cal Raleigh, C, FSU Grant Witherspoon, OF, Tulane Terrin Vavra, SS, Minnesota Kody Clemens, 2B, Texas Cameron Warren, IF, Texas Tech Keegan McGovern, LF, Georgia Luke Bonfield, OF, Arkansas Nick Fortes, C, Mississippi Kyle Gray, IF, West Virginia Devlin Granberg, OF, Dallas Baptist

Some of my favorite remaining guys the Brewers could target early on day 2: Jake Wong, RHP, Grand Canyon U Durbin Feltman, RHP, TCU DaShawn Keirsey Jr., OF, Utah Kam Guangorena, C, St. John Bosco HS (CA) Jeremy Pena, SS, Maine Bren Spillane, 1B, Illinois D.J. Artis, OF, Liberty Aaron Ashby, LHP, Crowder JC (MO) Hugh Smith, RHP, Whitworth Owen Sharts, RHP, Simi Valley HS (CA) Brandon Williamson, LHP, North Iowa Area JC Jacob Campbell, Craig HS (WI) Drew Rom, LHP, Highlands HS (KY) Bryce Montes de Oca, RHP, Missouri Drew Rasmussen, RHP, Oregon State Hunter Feduccia, C, LSU

Here are the best remaining, based on my list from yesterday. It's likely that at least the top three - Rocker, Wilcox, Siani - are going to college at this point. The Brewers don't pick next until the 4th round, #125 overall. That means there will be 46 picks before the Brewers go on day 2. Currently the 47th best remaining prospect on the list is Jeremy Pena, the SS from Maine. [pre]Rank Name Position Level School High Rank 16 Kumar Rocker RHP HS North Oconee HS (GA) 6 23 Cole Wilcox RHP HS Heritage HS (GA) 8 36 Mike Siani OF HS Penn Charter School (PA) 22 48 Adam Kloffenstein RHP HS Magnolia HS (TX) 22 49 Tristan Pompey OF D1 Kentucky 15 51 Blaine Knight RHP D1 Arkansas 33 52 Tristan Beck RHP D1 Stanford 15 57 Nander De Sedas SS HS Montverde Academy (FL) 23 62 Konnor Pilkington LHP D1 Mississippi State 30 64 Kyle Isbel OF D1 Nevada-Las Vegas 43 65 Zach Watson OF D1 Louisiana State 39 67 Slade Cecconi RHP HS Trinity Prep (FL) 24 68 Jake Wong RHP D1 Grand Canyon 59 72 Jonathan Ornelas SS HS Kellis HS (AZ) 48 75 Austin Becker RHP HS Big Walnut HS (OH) 45 80 Elijah Cabell OF HS TNXL Academy (FL) 55 81 Ryder Green OF HS Knoxville Christian Academy (TN) 65 83 Colton Eastman RHP D1 Cal State Fullerton 67 84 Aaron Hernandez RHP D1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 67 85 Raynel Delgado 3B/SS HS Calvary Christian Academy (FL) 56 86 Zack Hess RHP D1 Louisiana State 60 88 Durbin Feltman RHP D1 Texas Christian 41 89 Steven Gingery LHP D1 Texas Tech 70 90 Nick Northcut 3B/RHP HS Mason HS (OH) 54 91 Garrett Wade LHP HS Hartselle HS (AL) 44 92 Trey Riley RHP JC John A. Logan JC (IL) 61 93 Chandler Champlain RHP HS Santa Margarita Catholic HS (CA) 58 94 Cal Raleigh C D1 Florida State 53 95 DaShawn Keirsey Jr. OF D1 Utah 63 96 Kyle Bradish RHP D1 New Mexico State 43 97 Kam Guangorena C HS St. John Bosco HS (CA) 75 98 Alex McKenna OF D1 Cal Poly 77 100 Jaden Hill RHP HS Ashdown HS (AR) 66 101 Cole Sands RHP D1 Florida State 60 102 Sean Wymer RHP D1 Texas Christian 73 103 Dylan Coleman RHP D1 Missouri State 44 104 Matt Mercer RHP D1 Oregon 64 105 Richie Palacios SS D1 Towson 59 106 Jonathan Childress LHP HS Forney HS (TX) 66 108 Hogan Harris LHP D1 Louisiana-Lafayette 90 109 Blaze Alexander SS HS IMG Academy (FL) 74 110 Adam Hill RHP D1 South Carolina 72 111 Dominic Pipkin RHP HS Pinole Valley HS (CA) 64 112 Gage Canning OF D1 Arizona State 67 113 Landon Marceaux RHP HS Destrehan HS (LA) 65 115 Bren Spillane 1B/OF D1 llinois 60 116 Jeremy Pena SS D1 Maine 81 117 Alfonso Rivas III OF/1B D1 Arizona 86 118 Brett Hansen LHP HS Foothill HS (CA) 47 119 Trey Dillard RHP JC San Jacinto JC (TX) 69 120 Jake Irvin RHP D1 Oklahoma 76 121 D.J. Artis OF D1 Liberty 80 122 Isaiah Campbell RHP D1 Arkansas 73 123 Kendall Logan Simmons 3B/SS HS Tattnall Square Academy (GA) 79 124 Adam Wolf LHP D1 Louisville 52 125 Aaron Ashby LHP JC Crowder JC (MO) 100 126 Grant Koch C D1 Arkansas 71 128 Terrin Vavra 3B D1 Minnesota 76 129 Nick Dunn 2B D1 Maryland 81 131 Luke Heimlich LHP D1 Oregon 44 132 Mason Englert RHP/SS HS Forney HS (TX) 92 133 Jonathan Stiever RHP D1 Indiana 78 134 Luke Bartnicki LHP HS Walton HS (GA) 39 135 Kerry Wright RHP HS Montverde Academy (FL) 115 136 Austin Wells C HS Bishop Gorman HS (NV) 70 137 Jake Mangum OF D1 Mississippi State 75 138 Cody Deason RHP D1 Arizona 74 139 Owen Sharts RHP HS Simi Valley HS (CA) 70 141 Jackson Goddard RHP D1 Kansas 96 142 Hugh Smith RHP D3 Whitworth 71 143 Isaiah Carranza RHP D2 Azusa Pacific (CA) 101 144 Carlos Cortes OF D1 South Carolina 74 145 Charles Mack SS/3B/C HS Williamsville East HS (NY) 118 146 Max Marusak OF HS Amarillo HS (TX) 62 148 C.J. Willis C HS Ruston HS (LA) 86 149 Reid Schaller RHP D1 Vanderbilt 71 150 Lawrence Butler OF HS Westlake HS (GA) 89 151 Brett Kinneman OF D1 North Carolina State 104 152 Brandon Williamson LHP JC North Iowa Area JC 91 154 Joey Gerber RHP D1 llinois 104 155 Grant Witherspoon OF D1 Tulane 89 156 Noah Song RHP D1 Navy 103 157 Garrett McDaniels LHP HS Pee Dee Academy (SC) 89 158 Jason Bilous RHP D1 Coastal Carolina 90 159 Blake Rivera RHP JC Wallace State JC (AL) 100 160 John Rooney LHP D1 Hofstra 116 161 J.P. Gates LHP/1B HS Nature Coast Tech HS (FL) 102 162 Frank German RHP D1 North Florida 92 163 Justin Jarvis RHP HS Lake Norman HS (NC) 80 164 Drew Rom LHP HS Highlands HS (KY) 98 165 Nolan Kingham RHP D1 Texas 100 166 Jack Neely RHP HS Churchill HS (TX) 101 168 Taj Bradley RHP HS Redan HS (GA) 117 169 Ryan Feltner RHP D1 Ohio State 123 170 Brandon Dieter SS/RHP HS South Hills HS (CA) 113 171 Austin Bergner RHP D1 North Carolina 65 172 Davis Martin RHP D1 Texas Tech 119 173 Ryley Gilliam RHP D1 Clemson 103 174 Adam Hackenberg C HS Miller School (VA) 54 175 Jacob Campbell C HS Craig HS (WI) 109 176 Korey Holland OF HS Langham Creek HS (TX) 117 177 Seth Halvorsen RHP/OF HS Heritage Christian Academy (MN) 107 178 Kody Clemens INF D1 Texas 84 179 William English RHP HS Western International HS (MI) 112 180 Nick Meyer C D1 Cal Poly 105 181 Bryce Montes de Oca RHP D1 Missouri 111 182 Ty Madden RHP HS Cypress Ranch HS (TX) 123 183 Braydon Fisher RHP HS Clear Falls HS (TX) 81 184 Addison Barger SS/C HS King HS (FL) 115 185 Niko Decolati 3B/OF D1 Loyola Marymount 64 186 J.T. Schwartz SS/3B HS Corona Del Mar HS (CA) 126 187 Ford Proctor SS D1 Rice 124 188 Sean Guilbe SS/3B HS Berks Catholic HS (PA) 124 189 Zack Haake RHP D1 Kentucky 100 190 Robert Neustrom OF D1 Iowa 132 191 Bo Blessie RHP HS Lee HS (TX) 62 192 Drew Rasmussen RHP D1 Oregon State 69 193 Brandon Howlett 3B HS Jenkins HS (FL) 54 194 Austin Cox LHP D1 Mercer 73 196 Noah Davis RHP D1 UC Santa Barbara 116 197 Nick Lee RHP D1 Louisiana-Lafayette 85 198 Ethan Reed RHP HS Aliso Niguel HS (CA) 94 199 Tyler Holton LHP D1 Florida State 95 200 Justin Wrobleski LHP HS Sequoyah HS (GA) 86 201 Steve Hajjar LHP HS Central Catholic (MA) 115 202 Eric Cole OF D1 Arkansas 73 203 Jack Perkins RHP HS Kokomo HS (IN) 96 204 Tarik Skubal LHP D1 Seattle 127 205 Cory Acton 3B/2B/OF HS American Heritage School (FL) 147 206 Michael Byrne RHP D1 Florida 49 207 Riley Thompson RHP D1 Louisville 124 208 Andrew Moritz OF D1 UNC Greensboro 143 209 Kyle Datres 3B D1 North Carolina 150 210 Ryan Olenek OF/2B D1 Mississippi 112 211 Sam Bordner RHP D1 Louisville 129 213 Brandon Neeck LHP HS Horace Greeley HS (NY) 156 214 Ryan Weiss RHP D1 Wright State 159 215 Bryce Bush 3B/1B HS De La Salle Collegiate HS (MI) 89 216 Hayden Jones C HS Carroll HS (IN) 111 217 Mateo Gil SS HS Timber Creek HS (TX) 76 218 Mason Montgomery LHP HS Leander HS (TX) 83 219 Jake Mulholland LHP D1 Oregon State 84 220 Devlin Granberg OF D1 Dallas Baptist 85 221 Michael Plassmeyer LHP D1 Missouri 131 222 Erik Tolman LHP HS El Toro HS (CA) 90 223 John Malcom 1B HS Detroit Country Day HS (MI) 119 224 Kingston Liniak OF HS Mission Hills HS (CA) 160 225 Cole Henry RHP HS Florence HS (AL) 138 226 Nick Sprengel LHP D1 San Diego 93 227 Andrew Quezada RHP D1 Cal State Fullerton 132 228 Nick Fortes C/1B D1 Mississippi 115 229 Hunter Feduccia C D1 Louisiana State 106 230 Johnny Aiello 3B D1 Wake Forest 137 231 Levi Kelly RHP HS IMG Academy (FL) 167 232 Joe DeMers RHP D1 Washington 118 233 Brian Eichhorn RHP D1 Georgia Southern 131 234 Cody Morris RHP D1 South Carolina 142 235 Jimmy Herron OF D1 Duke 165 236 Luke Heyer 3B D1 Kentucky 123 237 Jonathan Heasley RHP D1 Oklahoma State 124 238 Adam Scott LHP D1 Wofford 126 239 Caleb Kilian RHP D1 Texas Tech 128 240 Preston Hartsell OF HS Corona Del Mar HS (CA) 130 241 Blair Henley RHP D1 Texas 133 242 Kyle Luckham RHP HS El Dorado HS (CA) 143 243 Brendan Donovan INF/OF D1 South Alabama 135 244 Kendrick Calilao OF HS The First Academy (FL) 137 245 Ethan Smith RHP HS Mount Juliet HS (TN) 137 246 Brandon Birdsell RHP HS Conroe HS (TX) 138 247 Antoine Duplantis OF D1 Louisiana State 139 248 Franco Aleman RHP HS Alonso HS (FL) 140 249 J.J. Schwarz 1B/C D1 Florida 152 250 Deacon Liput SS/2B D1 Florida 149 251 Edgar Gonzalez RHP D1 Fresno State 160 252 Michael Flynn RHP D1 Arizona 182 253 Jawuan Harris OF D1 Rutgers 176 254 Vinny Tosti OF HS Mater Dei HS (CA) 159 255 Colby Gomes RHP HS Millard West HS (NE) 161 256 Daniel Bies RHP D1 Gonzaga 162 257 Zach Linginfelter RHP D1 Tennessee 166 258 Jared Poland 2B/3B/RHP HS Cathedral HS (IN) 170 259 Jarren Duran 2B D1 Long Beach State 170 260 Josh Winder RHP D1 VMI 170 261 P.J. Hilson OF/RHP HS Nettleton HS (AR) 171 262 Sean Chandler RHP JC Iowa Western CC 172 263 Nick Pogue RHP HS Eau Gallie HS (FL) 175 264 Andrew Perez LHP D1 South Florida 176 265 Brett Finnel RHP HS Woodcrest Christian (CA) 179 266 Andrew Eyster OF JC Santa Fe JC (FL) 179 267 Charlie Cerny RHP D1 Illinois-Chicago 180 268 Ryan Cusick RHP HS Avon Old Farms HS (CT) 188 269 Tyler Ras RHP/OF HS Middletown North HS (NJ) 188 270 Will Ripoll RHP HS Curtis Christian HS (LA) 183 271 Adrian Del Castillo C HS Gulliver Schools (FL) 194 272 J.J. Montgomery RHP D1 Central Florida 184 273 Jon Olsen RHP D1 UCLA 184 274 Wesley Clarke C HS Liberty Christian Academy (VA) 187 275 Eric Cerantola RHP HS-CAN Holy Trinity Catholic SS (ON) 189 276 R.J. Freure RHP D1 Pittsburgh 189 277 Patrick Raby RHP D1 Vanderbilt 190 278 Thad Ward RHP D1 Central Florida 192 279 Zaid Walker OF HS Homewood-Flossmoor HS (IL) 193 280 Jacob Maton RHP HS Glenwood HS (IL) 194 281 Brandon Lockridge OF D1 Troy 194 282 Owen Miller SS D1 Illinois State 195 283 Kaleb Hill LHP HS Watson Chapel HS (AR) 197 284 Aidan Maldonado RHP HS Rosemount HS (MN) 198 285 Carter Lohman LHP HS Hamilton Southeastern HS (IN) 199 286 Jonah Davis OF D1 California 200 287 Lency Delgado SS HS Doral Academy Charter HS (FL) 200 288 Cesar Salazar C D1 Arizona 200[/pre]

I personally would have taken Denaburg or Hankins over Turang. They both are at least TOR starter kits. Who knows if either makes it though.

Annual reminder that Luis Avila’s ISO is hilariously tiny. It currently checks in at .011. The Indians have a guy named Marlin Made playing on the co-op team and he’s just... playing for the wrong organization.

Turang mentioned he patterns his game after Daniel Murphy, so if that's true the high launch angle swing might not go away.

Really like the Bello pick, by the way. Outstanding bat speed and one of the younger players.

Stupid Cardinals.

Going to go out on a limb and go with Luken Baker here for the Brewers. Maybe Adam Kloffenstein or De Sedas.

Love the Indians' 2nd round pick, Nick Sandlin.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a HS OF picked, like Alek Thomas or Joe Gray. Think I've seen Nander De Sedas associated with the Brewers as well.

Top remaining prospects according to my list: Kumar Rocker, RHP, HS Cole Wilcox, RHP, HS Alek Thomas, OF, HS Jeremy Eierman, SS, D1 Mike Siani, OF, HS Will Banfield, C, HS Adam Kloffenstein, RHP, HS Tristan Pompey, OF, D1 Blaine Knight, RHP, D1 Tristan Beck, RHP, D1 Tim Cate, LHP, D1 Tanner Dodson, RHP/OF, D1 Nander De Sedas, SS, HS Joe Gray Jr., OF, HS Konnor Pilkington, LHP, D1 Kyle Isbel, OF, D1 Zach Watson, OF, D1 Slade Cecconi, RHP, HS Jake Wong, RHP, D1

The Cardinals take Griffin Roberts in the CB Round A - crap. He's going to be a good reliever.

A bunch of Turang scouting reports added to the official pick thread.

Keith Law recently compared Nolan Gorman to Joey Gallo, which was interesting and scary.

Related to that, I really like Cadyn Grenier, who punted Madrigal from SS to 2B for Oregon State. Not at 21 probably, but hope he's still there at 60.

Dropped his hat, too. Oof.