Age: 19
Born: January 20, 1987
Hialeah, FL
Height: 6-3
Weight: 215
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 31st round, 2005
How Acquired: Draft
College: St. Petersburg
High School: Champagnat Catholic (FL)

Scouting Report: Big catcher was All-Conference, All-State, and All-Region for St. Pete in 2006. Good ability to get on base and moderate power potential.

One scouting director claims that while some clubs will overdraft a catcher out of desperate need, "none of the catchers in this draft are much better than second or third rounders." That includes Pepperdine's Chad Tracy, who comes with extraordinary bloodlines as Jim's son, as well as high schoolers Max Sapp of Windermere, Fla., and Hank Conger of Huntington Beach, Calif. "We liked Luis Esposito (signed by Boston out of St. Pete J.C. as a draft and follow) better than almost any of them," says a scouting director.