Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 197 lbs.
B/T: L/R
Classification: Junior
College: University Of Virginia
Summary
One of the top two catchers on the board on most publicly available rankings sheets, Matt Thaiss brings a lot of offensive potential to the catcher position as well as improved defensive capabilities, assuaging somewhat the doubts as to his long term ability to stick behind the plate. His ultimate draft position will depend on whether Major League Baseball teams agree that he can stick behind the plate or not, but if they do think so, Thaiss could go as high as the supplemental first round on Thursday.