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Cameron Garfield (Photo: Larry Goren/Four
Seam Images)
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Biographical Data |
| Player Name: | Cameron
Garfield |
| Position: | Catcher |
| School: | Murrieta Valley HS
(Calif.) |
| School Type: | High
School |
| Academic Class: | Senior |
| Birthdate: | 5/23/91 |
| Height: | 6'1" |
| Weight: | 195 lbs. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Report Date(s): | 5/12/09 |
| Game(s): | Vista Murrieta
HS |
Focus
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Comments |
| Hitting ability: | Garfield has some advanced
hitting skills, using the middle of the field. |
| Power: | Shows occasional pop, but often gets
outside of himself and comes out of his shoes trying to pull the ball for power. |
| Running speed: | Has well below average
speed. |
| Base running: | Slow, but he has good instincts on
the bases. |
| Arm strength: | Has a plus arm with a quick
release. Sometimes he loses a little as the game wears on, but it's no worse than average. |
| Fielding: | A plus defender, he sits easily behind
the plate with good footwork, a quick exchange and good blocking instincts. |
| Range: | Moves extremely well laterally. |
| Physical Description: | Garfield's body reminds
some of guys like Brad Ausmus or Brandon Inge. |
| Medical Update: | An ankle injury severely
hampered his ability to catch this season, forcing him to DH, which threw him off. He's now healthy and was
impressing in workouts. |
| Strengths: | Very good catch-and-throw skills;
some ability with the bat. |
| Weaknesses: | Gets too pull-happy at times as he
gets away from a gap-to-gap approach that would suit him well. He struggled with the bat for much of his senior
season. |
| Summary: | Garfield is one more from the deep
crop of high school catchers in this class. While an ankle injury threw him off and kept him from catching for a
chunk of the season, scouts know all about his excellent catch-and-throw skills behind the plate. He does have some
ability with the bat, though he sometimes tries to swing too big to get to some power. He admittedly struggled for
much of his senior season, but healthy at the end, he was improving his Draft stock with impressive workouts for
teams once his season was over. |
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