Matt Antonelli
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Matt Antonelli (Born April 8, 1985 in Peabody, Massachusetts) is a 2B prospect in the San Diego Padres organization. He bats and throws right-handed.
In July 2007, Antonelli was named the best second base prospect in the minors by Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus.[1] In November 2007, Antonelli was ranked as the #1 2B prospect and #27 overall in baseball, on a list polling 20 members of the scouting community and compiled by Jonathan Mayo of minorleaguebaseball.com [2]
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[edit] Professional career
Prior to the 2007 season, Antonelli was not considered to have much power potential after having zero home runs in over 200 professional at bats in 2006. However, he hit 14 home runs in 82 games in A+ Lake Elsinore Storm, before moving up to Double A San Antonio Missions to finish the 2007 season. In 534 AB between the two levels, Antonelli finished 2007 with a BA/OBP/SLG line of .304/.404/.491 with 21 homers and 25 stolen bases along with a 94/83 K/BB ratio.
[edit] MLB Draft
Antonelli was originally drafted as a 3B Junior out of Wake Forest University by San Diego with the 17th pick of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.[3] He has since moved to 2B.
[edit] College career
In college, Antonelli displayed very good plate discipline, walking 57 times as a sophomore, ranking seventh among all collegiate hitters. He only struck out 38 times in 232 at-bats, giving him one of the best BB:K ratios in the nation.
[edit] Early life
Antonelli was the Massachusetts Player of the Year in both football and hockey,[4] and was a runner-up for baseball in his senior year at St. John's Prep.[5]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Goldstein, Kevin. [1] "Future Shock Positional Rankings - Second Base". Baseball Prospectus, July 26, 2007.
- ^ Mayo, Jonathan. [2] "MiLB.com Top 50 Prospects". MiLB.com, November 30, 2007.
- ^ San Diego Padres. [3]
- ^ Laurila, David. [4] "Prospect Q&A: Matt Antonelli". Baseball America, June 5, 2007.
- ^ Wake Forest University. [5]
