By John Klima
July 3, 2009
(photo: UA)
Brad Glenn, 3B
Arizona (2009 Draft)
6-3, 225
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Games seen: 1, Innings: 9 (plus BP)
(700th overall pick, 2009 Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
By John Klima
July 3, 2009
Here’s a look at Glenn’s raw power, captured inside an empty Goodwin Field at Cal State Fullerton. Yes, I was standing behind the batting cage shooting BP. Yes, I talked my way into that opportunity. Yes, I am that good.
Glenn was streaky this season at Arizona, but he wasn’t the only guy on that team out of his element. He doesn’t need me to tell him what the Blue Jays will. But still, you can’t discard a player with power. Sometimes late-round picks surprise you. We’ll see what happens with Glenn, a proud product of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who could probably hit a ball from here to there if he got into one.
By John Klima
July 2, 2009
(photo: UA)
Brad Glenn has right-handed power to all fields, which you can’t miss, and was always going to be his ticket into professional baseball. The Tulsa native who played four years of college baseball in Tucson shook off a slow start to hit nine more home runs as a senior, capping his Arizona career with 43 home runs. Glenn turned down the Oakland A’s as a 17th round pick in 2008. He returned to school to finish his degree and wound up falling to the 23th round in the 2009 draft, by the Toronto Blue Jays.
Glenn knows what notions he has to disprove and what facets he has to improve on as a pro. He only hit .256 this season for a streaky Arizona team, and he struck out 55 times in 211 at-bats. He won’t light you up with OBP. His other tools won’t ring a door bell. But power always plays. If Glenn can find a way to consistently tap into that, he could find a way to hang around the game for a while.
Baseball Beginnings caught up with Glenn toward the end of the college baseball season and discussed the ups and downs of his bumpy college career, and how he hopes he can hone his power as a pro.
