[Scouting Report] JB Shuck

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J.B. Shuck

LHP/OF

Jr.

L-L

5-11

185

Ohio State

Galion, Ohio

Never drafted

6/18/1987

SCOUTING REPORT:

The jury remains out on whether Shuck is a pitcher or position player. He did little to settle the debate this spring as he hit .356, second on the Buckeyes, and led the team with 22 stolen bases while playing a stellar center field. He missed several games early in the season when he dislocated his right middle finger in the opening series of the year, and struggled to grip the bat properly upon his return. As one of four starting Ohio State pitchers, he went 5-3, 4.29 with 34 walks and 76 strikeouts in 65 innings.

球探對於Shuck擔任投手比較好還是打者仍然沒有定論．　今年春天他的表現仍然沒有找到答案，他擔任中外野手並且留下全隊第二的.356打擊率外加全隊最多的22次盜壘，但是他在開幕戰弄傷的他的手指使他錯過了不少場比賽．　在他傷癒歸隊後他仍沒辦法握好他的球棒(懷疑可能是沒辦法控好他的球　its ball not bat)．　他是四名輪值先發之一，留下五勝三敗4.29ERA的成績，在65局的投球中34BB　76SO．

Coming off last summer, when he had just three hits in 35 at-bats in the Cape Cod League as a part-time outfielder but went 3-2, 3.30 with 38 strikeouts in 44 innings on the mound, with a fastball in the 88-90 mph range, the prevailing sentiment then was that Shuck would be drafted this year as a pitcher. His fastball touched 92 on occasion this spring, but scouts pursued him more aggressively as a position player. Though he has limited power and his overall hitting skills have a way to go, his speed and center-field tools—both his range and arm—are above-average. Scouts say he runs better than Nick Swisher, Ohio State’s last center fielder of note, and has a better arm, but that he lacks Swisher’s power and game savvy. .

他去年夏天在CCL擔任客串外野手留下3/35的慘澹成績，但是投球表現則相當不錯，3勝2敗3.30ERA，44局投球投出38次三振，速球大約在88-90mph，那時一般認為他今年應該會以投手的身分被選上．　今年春天的時候他的速球偶而可以達到92mph，但是球探卻開始密切觀察他成為外野手的條件．　他雖然缺乏power而且打擊技巧仍然很不成熟，但是他擔任中外野手的條件－不論是防守範圍或是臂力都相當出色．　球探表示他跑的比他學長Nick Swisher還快也有更好的臂力，但是他的power和對球賽的判讀比較差．

—ALLAN SIMPSON