Scouts seem divided on Nationals third-round pick and current Florida State slugger Drew Mendoza. They also selected four more pitchers among their eight Day 2 picks after taking right-handed starter Jackson Rutledge 17th overall Monday night. Scouting reports project the left-handed hitter (6-foot-5, 230 pounds) as a slugger at the next level. “Big body, big left-handed hitter,” Kris Kline, the Nationals’ assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations, said of Mendoza. “Drew, in high school, was a potential first-round pick, left-handed hitter, big power.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 23:24 UTC