Scouting Report: Austin Beck, OF, North Davidson HS

This draft does feature some intriguing prep talent. At the top is Hunter Greene, followed by Royce Lewis and Mackenzie Gore. All those guys are likely taken within the top 5 and should one of them slip to the 6th pick, I think Oakland pounces on who’s left. So realistically speaking, the best prep talent that’s likely to be available is Austin Beck, who I have as a 50-50 coin flip to make it to 7. Beck is another late-riser mostly because he missed a lot of showcase games due to a torn ACL last year. Since it takes about 2 years to be 100% back from that injury, he should start taking off a bit next year in terms of speed and power.

Hit: Beck’s load has a little bit of a hitch in his load,…