If you were to build your perfect baseball prospect, odds are, he would look an awful lot like Luken Baker.
But if you were to build your perfect ‘college’ baseball prospect, you wouldn’t want him to look like Luken. You see, power hitters like Baker don’t go to college very often. Those kind of ready-made players with 6’4” frames, impossible bat speed, and the kind of raw power that makes grown men blush don’t need to go to college. And when you also factor in a 95mph fastball with a couple of breaking pitches bottoming out near 80, it’s hard to envision that kid suiting up for three years for free.