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thanks for the article GC.
here’s another:
Draft preview: South Carolina righty Carmen Mlodzinski
By: Byron Kerr
June 5, 2020 7:55 AM
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Carmen Mlodzinski is a 6-foot-2, 231-lb. right-hander out of South Carolina who is ranked as the No. 21 prospect in the MLBPipeline.com top 200 list. The Nationals, who select at No. 22 in the first round, could have a very good shot at choosing this talented pitcher in the June 10 First-Year Player Draft.
His college coach believes Mlodzinski has the tools and the makeup to become a solid starter in the major leagues. Mark Kingston has been the coach at South Carolina for three seasons after successful stints at Illinois State and South Florida. He was also a pitcher locally at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Va., and at North Carolina, guiding the Tar Heels to the 1989 College World Series.
“Carmen has really developed nicely as a prospect,” Kingston said. “He came in here with a pretty decent name on the prospect scene, but has really improved his game, his strength. Everything about him has really elevated the last three years. He’s had to overcome his share of adversity. He had the broken foot. Obviously, we missed this season, so his freshman season was really his only full year with us.
“He made some spot starts that year. He won a big game in the regional for us to get us to the super regional round. So he had some moments. But then last year, his sophomore year, he broke his foot and missed the remainder of the year, and this year obviously the season got canceled.”
Mlodzinski, 21, has demonstrated a mid-90’s fastball and some breaking pitches with some good movement. He went 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA in four starts before the college season was halted in mid-March. Mlodzinski struck out 22 and allowed only eight walks in 25 1/3 frames.
Carmen-Mlodzinski-throwing-white-sidebar.jpg“I think the breaking ball will continue to improve the more he pitches,” Kingston said. “It’s been a little bit inconsistent, just because he hasn’t been able to get on a specific routine because of the injuries and the season getting canceled. He is a very low-risk pick. There is just so much to like: the velocity, the control, the competitiveness, the work ethic, the maturity. There is just so much to like with whatever team takes him.”
Mlodzinski gained valuable experience pitching in the Cape Cod League for the Falmouth Commodores last summer, going 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA in six starts. He pitched 29 1/3 innings, striking out 40. The Commodores went 27-15.
“The thing with him is he just has an elite fastball with elite movement,” Kingston said. “So he is just going to be a groundball machine at the professional level against wood bats. He made not have some of the gaudy strikeout numbers, but I think he is going to be a guy who can get a lot of quick outs and really make it tough, especially on right-handed hitters.
“He has had to deal with a lot of ups and downs, but whatever team drafts him is getting a power arm with plus makeup and a guy that really wants to be great.”
Mlodzinski said during this season’s team media day that that summer showcase experience was big for his confidence and syncing up his mental game with his physical talents.
“That’s kind of where he made a name for himself,” Kingston said. “He pitched as well in the Cape Cod League as anybody. That is really where he came on the prospect scene a big way.”
Mlodzinski had a lot of time to think about what kind of pitcher he wants to be as he healed his foot all last year. Then he was able to test that new mental approach in the Cape Cod League games.
“All kids. as they go from high school to college, have to kind of find themselves on and off the field and what kind of person do they want to evolve into,” Kingston said. “Once he found where his comfort zone was in terms of the right combination of being intense but also being loose, I think that’s when his game really started to take off. The final piece was going and doing so well in the Cape Cod League. That gave him the confidence to really be the cherry on top.”I really like the sentence about the Cape Cod League:
Mlodzinski gained valuable experience pitching in the Cape Cod League for the Falmouth Commodores last summer, going 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA in six starts. He pitched 29 1/3 innings, striking out 40.
It also helps that the Cardinal area scout lives in Columbia and sees Carolina/Mlodzinski play a lot.
I like lefty’s but I would take Mlodzinski because Crochet missed 3 games in 2020 with shoulder soreness.
GC, sounds like Carmen M is your guy.
what if both he and Howard are ava at 21?
(I doubt Howard WILL be still available)Well, the reason I like Mlodzinski is that I have seen every start he has made in college. Howard IMO is a bigger need in the Cardinal system so I would go with Flores’ decision.
very late on a Saturday night, here’s Derrick Goold’s Sunday article on the draft:
Due to lack of revenues, I wonder if several low budget type teams will pass in the 1st round to save money. Do the Marlins really need to spend $7,221,200 on their first pick? Are teams allowed to pass?
Or do they lose all picks from that point on if the pass in a first round?In response to Goold’s article, no good player is going to except a $20,000 signing bonus. They will either stay in school or come to school. There may be a random fringe player that takes it and makes MLB but they will be few and far between. In the Cardinal’s case having 7 out of the 160 and 4 out of the first 70 is exciting…a chance to get better.
I haven’t followed the draft stuff much this year as normal. Actually I have barely thought about baseball at all lately. Is the whole draft on TV or just the first round or two? Hoping the Cards get some good players, but it will suck to have to wait a year (maybe even two) to see or hear about them.
whole thing is on TV, two channels ESPN and MLB Network
first 37 picks on Wednesday
rest on Thursday
re: ESPN, first day ESPN, 2nd day ESPN 2Yahoo Sports new mock today has Cards taking Foscue. Ed Howard lasts til first pick of Competitive Balance Round A.
WHATTTTT ?????????
I saw a mock draft scrolling along the bottom of the screen on ESPN2. Ed Howard was not taken in the first round. The Rays take 1B Blaze Jordon with the slot that the Cardinals gave up as part of the Liberatore trade.
new mock today from CBSsports:
Cole Wilcox, with Ed Howard going at 19.
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