An up-and-down collegiate career that saw Davis ruled ineligible in 2013 took an upturn this spring. He has overcome many obstacles in his college career and has come on strong this spring. Davis will sit in the low 90s with his fastball and hit 95 on occasion, with good, late sink. His slider and curveball will both need work in pro ball, but both have the chance to be average pitches in the future, especially if he focuses on one breaking pitch. Davis’ best secondary pitch is his changeup, which he shows good feel for and has solid deception and fade. He does have some problems repeating his delivery and will need to improve his command at the next level. Davis’ frame and velocity alone make him intriguing, especially coming from the left side.

Davis' fastball has been clocked in the low 90 mph range, and hard-throwing left-handers are prime draft targets. Davis was 4-9 with a 4.09 earned run average in 15 games. He struck out 68 in 96 innings while allowing 96 hits and 44 walks.

CSUB coach Bill Kernen said he expects Davis to be selected. Less predictable is whether Davis will sign a contract or opt to return to CSUB next season.

Davis is also a rarity: a four-year college player who is eligible for the draft despite being only a sophomore last season.

Once players enroll at four-year universities and colleges, they aren't normally eligible to be drafted until after their junior years. But Davis is eligible to be draft because he's 21 years old.

"Davis will sign if it's high enough of a draft round," Kernen said.

“Chase will [get drafted] because he has the tools and he’s really developed as a hitter,” UNM coach Ray Birmingham said of Harris, who led the Lobos with a .377 batting average and ranked seventh nationally in hits (93) and eighth in RBIs (63).

The senior outfielder from Boise, Idaho, led the Lobos in virtually every offensive category in 2014: average (.377), at bats (247), hits (93), triples (5), home runs (8), RBIs (63), slugging (.539) and on-base percentage (.432). The only categories he didn't lead in -- runs (46), doubles (11) and stolen bases (13) -- he finished second in. He also started every game in right field and batted third in all 58 contests. In two years with UNM, he did not miss a single start and his 117 consecutive starts is the sixth longest such streak in program history.

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swishnicholson wrote:See what you mean.How may Chases in the organization can be explained by random chance?

philliesphhan wrote:Who gives a #$!&@ whether they're high school or college players? Particularly this late in the draft. I'd rather have college players who have shown they can play a little bit rather than some high schooler who A) will probably choose to go to college this late in the draft any way or B) is a "high ceiling" who currently is nothing special at baseball

dajafi wrote:See, I'd be perfectly happy with a "mostly college early, most high school late" strategy. Minimize the delta with your higher picks, buy your lottery tickets late.

(I get that most high-ceiling HS guys taken late fulfill their college commitments. But when you pick four guys in rounds 11-20 and blow the doors off with bonuses for one or two of them who agree to sign, you're still investing wisely, and I think also avoiding penalties if you do it right. If one guy from that pool every three or four years turns out to be a 2 WAR player, you've more than made back your payout on all of them

And based on the Clearwater team's .200 winning percentage after 60 games, it would be tough to do worse with true "minor league filler.")