We start off our list of prospects for the 2008 college baseball season with perhaps the most talented position player in the country: Vanderbilt's junior third baseman Pedro Alvarez. Previously drafted in 2005 in the 14th round by the Red Sox, Alvarez is the pre season favorite to be the first pick of the MLB draft this June. At 6'2" 225 pounds, Alvarez possesses tremendous power from the left side and has a cannon for an arm. Baseball America named Alvarez their Freshman of the Year in 2006 after hitting .329 with a Vanderbilt school record 22 home runs (more than 1/3 of the team's HR's and tops among all third basemen in the nation) and 64 RBI's. The following summer, Alvarez led Team USA with a .378 average along with 5 HR's and a team high 48 RBI's.
As a sophomore, Alvarez improved upon his impressive freshman campaign in one of the nation's toughest conferences, the SEC. He hit .386 with 18 HR's and 68 RBI's to garner unanimous first team All America accolades. Invited to join the National squad for a second straight summer, Pedro led the team with 30 RBI's, 70 total bases, and a .551 slugging percentage. He hit .315 with 7 HR's and 9 doubles, and was 5-10 in stolen base attempts.
As good of a hitter as he is, Alvarez may be a better person. He is humble and respectful to others. This past summer, no one on Team USA signed more baseballs or posed for more pictures with fans than Pedro. On Feb 22nd against defending National Champs Oregon State in Tempe, AZ, the junior third baseman out of Horace Mann High School in the Bronx looks to start building upon his impressive resume and cement his status as the country's top collegiate hitter going into the draft.
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As a sophomore, Alvarez improved upon his impressive freshman campaign in one of the nation's toughest conferences, the SEC. He hit .386 with 18 HR's and 68 RBI's to garner unanimous first team All America accolades. Invited to join the National squad for a second straight summer, Pedro led the team with 30 RBI's, 70 total bases, and a .551 slugging percentage. He hit .315 with 7 HR's and 9 doubles, and was 5-10 in stolen base attempts.
As good of a hitter as he is, Alvarez may be a better person. He is humble and respectful to others. This past summer, no one on Team USA signed more baseballs or posed for more pictures with fans than Pedro. On Feb 22nd against defending National Champs Oregon State in Tempe, AZ, the junior third baseman out of Horace Mann High School in the Bronx looks to start building upon his impressive resume and cement his status as the country's top collegiate hitter going into the draft.
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hi cous, i'm so pride of you! i'll wish u all the luck....Raul alvarez
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