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Nick Franklin (Photo: Steve Franklin)
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Biographical Data |
| Player Name: | Nick Franklin |
| Position: | Shortstop |
| School: | Lake Brantley HS (Fla.) |
| School Type: | High school |
| Academic Class: | Senior |
| Birthdate: | 3/2/91 |
| Height: | 6'1" |
| Weight: | 180 lbs. |
| Bats: | Both |
| Throws: | Right |
| Report Date(s): | 3/4/09 |
| Game(s): | Lake Mary HS |
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Comments |
| Hitting ability: | Franklin swings the bat pretty well. |
| Power: | He's not the biggest guy in the world, but there is some potential for power in his swing. |
| Running speed: | Has average speed. |
| Base running: | He's a solid base runner. |
| Arm strength: | His arm grades out as average, maybe a tick above. |
| Fielding: | Overall, he's a pretty solid defender. |
| Range: | He's not the quickest guy, but his range is average at shortstop |
| Physical Description: | Franklin isn't very big or tall and doesn't have a big frame, but he does have some wiry strength. |
| Medical Update: | Healthy. |
| Strengths: | He's a real "baseball player" with solid tools across the board. |
| Weaknesses: | That's all he is ... solid. He doesn't have any tools that jump out at you. |
| Summary: | It seems every Draft class has a few middle infielders from Florida who don't wow you with tools, but impress with how they play the game. Franklin might be in that group with a solid, if unspectacular, tool set. Nothing jumps out at you tools-wise, but he just goes out and does a good job and can do a little bit of everything. He won't be the first prep shortstop to go in the Draft, but his kind of solid all-around profile usually gets taken early. |
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