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Draft Podcast: Analyzing Derek Curiel and Drew Burress
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On this week's Draft Podcast Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper take an in-depth look at a pair of fascinating and famous college outfielders. LSU outfielder Derek Curiel and Georgia Tech's Drew Burress are the top two college outfielders on our draft rankings, but both draw varied responses from scouts and front office officials. We take a look at why.
(0:00) Eric Booth Jr. vs. Kevin Roberts Jr.
(4:00) Derek Curiel convo begins
(10:00) Why JJ is skeptical
(17:30) The college outfield demographic is scary
(23:30) Drew Burress enters the fold
(31:00) Why the right-right OF demographic is critiqued
(34:00) A shifting bias for short hitters
(48:00) On being OK with uncertainty
Scouting 101 on Derek Curiel: baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-derek-curiel-a-polished-pure-hitter-with-power-questions
Scouting 101 on Drew Burress:
baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-drew-burress-a-tooled-up-college-bat-challenging-first-round-norms
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54 minutes.