Round Overall Player Position 7 216 Matt Helm 3B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BA: Third baseman Matt Helm entered the season as the best high school position player in the state, then dropped back after he spent most of the year injured. He hurt his knee when he stepped in a hole running a 60-yard dash at a workout. He got back into games late in the year, then injured his ankle in a collision at the plate and ended up in a boot. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder is a good hitter with some power. He comes from a good family and school is important. Combine that with the lost year and it's tough to see a team signing him away from Arizona. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pgcrosschecker: SCOUTING PROFILE (3/1): Helm is a powerful righthanded-hitting third baseman with a set of strong, well-balanced tools. His power, in particular, stands out, but his instincts for the game are also a significant asset. Helm has a short, quick, compact stroke at the plate with good leverage and extension, and the ball jumps off his bat. His strong, line-drive swing enables him to drive balls hard to the gaps. He's an unusually-polished hitter for a high-school player as he stays inside the ball well and has a plan at the plate. His athleticism is also apparent in the field as he has very good defensive quickness and big-league arm strength. His actions at third base are playable, he makes all the routine plays and his throws have good on-line carry. He displays the kind of quickness that could make him a versatile player defensively at the next level, whether it's at third or even first base or the outfield. Helm does everything well, though he lacks ideal first-step quickness and won't be a base-stealer with his 6.97-second speed in the 60 or 4.25 time down the line. But he runs better underway. If there is a concern about Helm, it's that he is injury-prone. His high-school career was impacted by a torn meniscus in his right knee in 2004 and surgery to clean out a staph infection a year later. More recently, he suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee in January that caused him to miss the start of the 2009 season.-DAVID RAWNSLEY / ALLAN SIMPSON --

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