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Name: Gavin Glenn Christopher Joseph “What Am I, Fucking Royalty?” Cecchini
Position: Shortstop
Born: December 22,
1993
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 180 lbs.
How acquired: 2012 June Amateur Draft, First Round, #12
Uniform
number:
N/A
MLB
experience:
None
Best
season:
N/A
Injury
history:
None.
2012
salary: $2.3 million signing bonus
Actual
scouting notes:
Prince Gavin is a high-schooler from Lake Charles, LA. He has a lot of tools,
which based on the selection of Brandon Nimmo last year, is going to be a
common theme with Mets first rounders under Alderson and company. For what they
are worth (nothing), his numbers at Barbe High School included a .467 BA and a .527
OBP, with 7 homers and 31 stolen bases. Scouts like his bat, baseball IQ, and
speed most, and are not that high on his glove.
Weird,
wild stuff: His brother, Garin “My Brother Has All My Middle
Names” Cecchini, is in the Red Sox organization. His dad coaches his high
school team, and his mother is his batting practice pitcher. That has to be
interesting. “Gavin, did you clean your room?” “Nope.” ZING! (high hard one at
the batting helmet). Gavin signed with the Mets for $2.3 million. He and Garin
can now afford one hell of an Xbox setup during spring training. No telling where
he will end up in 2012, but he will likely open 2013 in Port St. Lucie. I can’t
imagine he’ll sniff Citi Field for at least three years if not four. Best-case
scenario looks like J.J. Hardy, who hits between 20 and 30 homers a year when
healthy and plays a decent shortstop. Worst case is a guy like Omar
Quintanilla, who hits well in the minors but can’t hold a major league job.