What I Saw From Potential Draftees David Estrada and Quincy Winkler At West Valley College

I recently watched a West Valley College baseball game vs Lassen College, and I got to see some draft worthy talent. Today, I’ll be going over two players on West Valley’s team (called the Vikings) that had draft potential. Let’s dive in.

David Estrada:

Estrada is an agile third-baseman. Unfortunately, I only saw him make 2 plays, but he made no errors. At the plate, he did not have a great showing. He went 0-3 with an RBI flyout. One positive is that he hit about 2 baseballs to the warning track, so there is definitely some raw power even though he’s only 5'11. What makes him even more valuable is that he bats left-handed, but he fields right-handed. Meaning that he has the advantage against a right-handed pitcher, but since he fields righty, he can still play the field. Estrada usually plays 3B, but he is classified as a UTL (or utility) player, and also plays a good amount of middle infield. I didn’t get a great chance to look at his speed on the bases, but it looked as though he had average-plus speed. If I had to give him a player comp of (probably) his max potential, I would say a less speedy version of Edmundo Sosa with less average and a little more home runs. Both play some 3B and are very versitile.

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 45 | Run: 55 | Arm: 60 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55


Quincy Winkler:

I can’t tell you how much potential this young right-handed pitcher has. He’s 6’8 and averages exactly 1 strikeout per inning. He pitched 2.2 innings and had retired 8 batters straight when he started to derail and throw some wild pitches. After retiring the 1st and 2nd outs of the 8th inning, he walked a batter, another guy singled, another guy singled in an RBI, and another then Quincy walked another man and then West Valley changed the pitcher. He was super efficient and effective up until that point though. I just get the impression he has some control issues, and hitters can sit on fastballs when he starts to throw wildly. The best part is that he topped out at 92 on his fastball, and he’s still a freshman, so there is still a lot of time to increase his fastball velocity before he needs to be drafted. That’s pretty impressive. He throws a fastball, a changeup, and very rarely a breaking ball. My player comp for him is Trevor Megill. Both are 6’8 and mainly throw a fastball and offspeed. I think his ceiling is a little higher than Megill, but it’s a very good comp. If there are any scouts reading, take a look at this guy pitching because he is worh drafting.

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45 | Overall: 55 

Thanks for reading!