Cardinals hope 10th-round pick is a steal - STLtoday.com
Kep Brown, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound high school power hitter from Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, S. C. , had his high school career ended after 13 games this season when, while playing right field in a game, he leaped to exult in a catch by... At the time, Brown, considered the top draft prospect in the state, was hitting. But Chris Correa, the Cardinals’ scouting director who spoke to the media via conference call Tuesday night after rounds 3 to 10 of the draft were completed, said the injury was healing well and that Brown was worth the risk. “He’s big and strong and he might have the most power of anyone we drafted in this class,” said Correa. But I don’t think there are a lot of guys with more power potential in this draft than Kep Brown. The Cardinals also took a couple of high school pitchers in righthander Jordan Hicks of Cypress Creek, Texas, and lefthander Ian Oxnevad of Shoreline, Wash. Hicks, who is said to throw 95 miles an hour with both sinking and tailing fastballs and has a quality curveball and changeup, has signed with Tulane. To keep Oxnevad and Brown from going to college, Correa allowed that the Cardinals would have to be flexible in their suggested bonus cap of $7,387,600. “I hope to sign all these guys,” said Correa, “but I really couldn’t handicap. Source: www.stltoday.com
