Matt Laporta was born January 8th 1985 and is a 1B/OF prospect within the Indians organization. He was acquired along with Michael Brantley, Zack Jackson, and Rob Bryson in the CC Sabathia deal.
Matt is probably one of the best prospects in all of baseball. I have loved him ever since I made my second draft of my 2007 MLB Mock Draft. I had him being taken by the Indians with their 13th pick but he was unfortunately taken by the Brewers with the 7th.
He has tremendous power and is simply a natural at the plate. He has great plate discipline and good approach at the plate. He does not run very fast but he is still a very good athlete. He came to Florida as a catcher and moved him around till they found a pretty good position for him at first base. When he was drafted by the Brewers however the moved him to the OF since they all ready had Prince. For now he is an OF for the Indians but could be switched back to 1B if Garko struggles this season at first.
Matt should look to start the season in the OF for the Clippers. If he has a good month there you could very well expect to see him in the majors shortly there after.
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