Andrew Fie Stats & Scouting Report

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It's rare for a player from Florida to slip under scouts' radar, but that's what the Diamondbacks think happened in Fie's case. He attended a small Christian school in north Florida that's off the beaten scouting path, so when he showed up at the Florida high school all-star game just before the 2006 draft, few people knew much about him other than Diamondbacks area scout Luke Wrenn. Wrenn quickly found allies in the Arizona scouting department when they saw a player with a good body who ran the 60-yard dash in 6.8 seconds and swung the bat well. The scouts had to sweat as Arizona waited until the 12th round to grab Fie, then signed him for $40,000. He's a youngster--he showed up at Rookielevel Missoula still wearing braces--but he held his own in the Pioneer League as an 18-yearold. Fie has a lot of rough edges, and he's raw at the plate, but he shows gap power already and the ball makes a loud sound off his bat. He'll have to improve his pitch recognition as well. He made 18 errors at third base but has the agility and arm to be at least an average defender there. Fie is a classic risk/reward high school player, but for $40,000 he could be quite a steal.

One of the youngest players in the league at 18, Fie already looks like a steal from the 12th round of this year's draft. He flew under the scouting radar as a Texas high school senior this spring but showed classic third-base tools in his pro debut. Already 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, Fie currently hits for gap power and should have plenty of over-the-fence pop once he adds more extension to his swing and improves his pitch recognition to cut down on his strikeouts. He's still raw defensively, but he has the arm and agility to remain at third base.