Zamarripa from Rancho Cucamonga, CF at #183

Jay Yencich · June 7, 2011 at 12:01 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Here, we go completely off the board for whatever reason. Zamarippa isn’t in the Top 200 prospects BA has listed. He’s not even in their SoCal reports. But this isn’t entirely unheard of because there are so many prep prospects in California that you inevitably stumbled on to one guy that you really like while actually scouting some other player.

Left-handed bat, uppercut swing, not an amazing runner but better underway, seemed to have a decent throwing arm, with fits with the idea that he was pitching off and on at the start of the season. He has a San Diego state commitment, and that could be solid enough to where that’s the reason no one had mentioned him before. He was also a two-sport player, having played football in the past, but his letter of intent to the Aztecs mentioned baseball only. I don’t “get” this pick in the same way that the FO does, but hey, Taijuan Walker was 70th nationally last year and check him out now.

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4 Responses to “Zamarripa from Rancho Cucamonga, CF at #183”

  1. CMC_Stags on June 7th, 2011 1:20 pm

    but hey, Taijuan Walker was 70th nationally last year and check him out now.

    This is why I don’t get the angst about how the FO is drafting.

  2. Jay Yencich on June 7th, 2011 1:23 pm

    This is why I don’t get the angst about how the FO is drafting.

    I’ve been trying to explain this to people. There’s only so much scouting information that’s disseminated to the public. To put things in perspective, no one knew that the M’s were on Hultzen even though McNamara practically saw every game he pitched. Why should anyone be expected to know anything about our tenth round pick or beyond? Why should I have strong opinions about Zamarippa?

  3. CMC_Stags on June 7th, 2011 1:29 pm

    I’ve been trying to explain this to people.

    JY – To be clear, that wasn’t meant at you, it was meant toward the hordes of teeth gnashing knaves commenting all over about how badly the M’s have screwed up the draft.

    I’ve been listening and trying to help preach to the masses.

  4. Jay Yencich on June 7th, 2011 1:32 pm

    I’m not directing any criticism to you either. I’ve seen the same weird gnashing of teeth from my command center. I heard that people were assigning C draft grades already. I don’t even have words for that.

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