ALEX PRESLEY
7/25/85; '06 8th; Univ. of Mississippi
L/L; 5-11, 180
| Level |
BA |
OBP |
SA |
AB |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
CS |
| 2004 NCAA |
.311 |
.340 |
.520 |
196 |
11 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
47 |
9 |
3 |
| 2005
NCAA |
.299 |
.340 |
.423 |
139 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
30 |
1 |
3 |
| 2006 NCAA |
.343 |
.427 |
.552 |
239 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
34 |
41 |
20 |
4 |
| 2006
A- |
.260 |
.313 |
.404 |
223 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
17 |
55 |
3 |
3 |
| 2007 A |
.293 |
.348 |
.436 |
495 |
22 |
8 |
11 |
45 |
108 |
18 |
10 |
| 2008
A+ |
.258 |
.325 |
.380 |
287 |
15 |
1 |
6 |
29 |
50 |
13 |
6 |
The Pirates drafted Presley in the 8th
round after he picked up his game in his junior year in college.
The principal improvement was that he started drawing some walks for
the first time. According to Baseball America, Presley lacks the range
for CF and has a weak arm, although he has above average speed. He
doesn't have the power for a corner. Presley signed a couple weeks after
the draft and struggled initially at Williamsport. He picked it
up in August, as his OPS that month was .809, compared to .595 in July.
His plate discipline, however, remained weak, and was poor overall. He had
a terrible time with LHPs, posting a .357 OPS in just over 50 plate
appearances. He split his time in the field between LF and
CF.
In 2007 he played
regularly for Hickory, opening as the
left fielder and moving to center after James Boone was promoted. He got off
to a poor start, mainly the result of a .572 OPS in May. He got hot
in June and July, posting OPS figures of .961 and .898, respectively, before cooling off
in August. He hit all of his HRs against RHPs, but otherwise didn't
have much
of a platoon split. His plate
discipline
is
borderline and he strikes out a lot for a hitter with
modest power. Presley looks like a tweener, without the speed for CF or
the power for a corner, very much like a poor man's Nate McLouth. He started 2008 as
the regular CF for Lynchburg, but hit only .147 in his first ten
games and then got hurt. He returned in May
and hit respectably for three months, posting monthly OPS figures of .740,
.787 and .750, but he got hurt again in early August and missed the rest of the season. He struggled against LHPs, with a .574 OPS compared to .748 against RHPs. Presley looks about ready to make the move to organizational player.
He'll return to Lynchburg in 2009, where he may have to battle for playing time with Marcus Davis and Maiko Loyola.
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