Draft Prospects in Hampton Roads Area

I am curious about Tyler Allen OF for Powhattan, if he will get picked up.

Something that i found Its a large list of high school and college players 

Virginia high schoolers on this large list of players across nation

Conner Jones, RHP, Great Bridge (VA)

Jack Roberts, RHP, James River (VA)

Andy McGuire, SS, James Madison (VA)

Tyler Allen, OF Powhaten (VA)

Bryce Harman, 1B, Lloyd C. Bird (VA)

Conner Jones and Andy Mcguire list in top 100 

These are the top prospects eligible for the 2013 MLB Draft.  College seniors will not be added to the list until after the deadline for drafted juniors to sign.  This list is continually updated and, no doubt, lacks some names that belong. 

http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/...draft-prospect-list/

Not in the Tidewater area, but add Atlee's 2013 LHP Luke Bolka.  Was told there were 20-25 scouts at a recent match up.  (They were probably drooling at Hanover's 2014 Derek Casey at that game as well.)

Off the top of my head...HS is pretty limited to Connor and he could be taken very highly.  College has a couple more with HR ties, with Chi shooting up draft boards.

HS Level

Connor Jones - Great Bridge

Zach Rice - Nansemond River 

College Level (With ties to Hampton Roads)

Chad Pinder - Va Tech (Poquoson)

Josh Richardson - Liberty (Greenbrier Christian)

Kyle Crockett - UVA (Poquoson)

Danny Grauer - Liberty (Hickory)

HRVARSITY on the other side of the water is saying John Garcia(HS Player) is getting alot of attention from scouts.

I just read a article on Garica that he is starting to get some looks.  Sounds like he has a lot of tools.  

Perfect Games' top 500 have the following HS draft prospects from VA, as of Jan. 2013.  I am sure there is a more up to date list and PG is just one source not the actual scouting bureau.

101- Connor Jones, although he is now 63 on the mid April top 100 (no 500 published)

117 - Andy McGuire

220 - Bryce Harmon

356 - Jack Roberts

370 - Austin Nicely

399- Luke Bolka

Pinder is 58 on the mid April top 100 and only collegian from VA in top 100.  6.5 weeks until draft.

Nice prediction, all 4 college kids got picked up

The college guys, Pinder, Richardson, Crockett and Grauer, are all juniors, are they not? Coincidence or new CBA at work?  Congrats to all four players and their families.  Well deserved!

Actually that is the norm and has been for some time.  Once a kid goes to a 4-year college, he's not draft eligible until after his junior year (specifically 3 years after his HS grad year), unless he turns 21 sooner, as 21-year-olds are eligible in any event.  You can be drafted again if you stay for a 4th or even a 5th year (see Silverstein, Cleary), but when you're a healthy hot prospect the draft will take you after year 3. 

As to the high schoolers, I saw that Harman and McGuire were taken later, I don't think the others were taken at all.  This is not any disparagement on any of those guys' capabilities, though.  I have heard one report that Harman got a call offering a fairly early round pick but he turned it down in favor of going to school; after that the team moved on to their next choice.  This is what "signability" is all about and I have no doubt that the rest of those guys would've been taken, or taken much earlier, if they had been interested in the amount of money teams were willing to put on the table to them.  File those guys' names away for 2016 and see if they aren't in that batch of college junior signs.  (Actually Allen will be eligible in 2015, 2016 and 2017 if he stays at UVA all that time.)