ProspectNation 2011: #25 Kelly Dugan- OF
Posted by Jay Floyd, Wed, January 05, 2011 03:15 PM | Comments: 5
2011 Top 25 Prospects, Minor Leagues, Posts, Prospecting
Kelly Dugan was taken with the 75th overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft by the Phillies out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA. A switch hitting outfielder, Dugan was committed to Pepperdine prior to the draft that year, but surprisingly signed quickly with the Phillies.
Dugan (6’3″, 195 pounds) projects as a power hitter, despite showing minimal power in limited playing time thus far in his minor league career. Since signing with the Phillies, he has just 1 homerun in 73 games played.
This past year, Dugan suffered a freak injury, when he was hit in the leg with a batted ball during batting practice in June, shortly after making his season debut with short-season Williamsport. His shin became infected and he developed a staph infection that required draining. Dugan was put on antibiotics and it was August before he healed and returned to action.
In his injury shortened season, Dugan posted a .366 average with a .981 OPS in 28 games with Williamsport and the Gulf Coast League Phillies. While those stats were surely the product of a small sample size, they are a step upward from his 2009 production, when he debuted, fresh out of high school, in the GCL and batted .233 with a .597 OPS in 45 games.
Local fans can expect to see Dugan in a Lakewood BlueClaws uniform in 2011. It will be interesting to see how the now 20-year-old Dugan can adapt to, and progress in, what should be his first full season of professional baseball.
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Posts: 680 The Original Chuck P
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More importantly, he’s the son of Dennis Dugan (pictured alongside some guys you know… Sandler, Spade, Rock, James)… Dennis directed some all-time greats – Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Chuck & Larry (not to be confused with Chuck and The Dipsy). I say, if he can get Sandler and his crew in the stands, bring him up yesterday.
Posted: 04:52 PM on January 5, 2011
Posts: 1374 Pat Gallen
Maybe in 4 years – but you won’t see Sandler here anytime soon. Or Dugan for that matter.
But maybe if he does make it, his father can redo Summer Catch with Freddy Prinze Jr.
Posted: 05:42 PM on January 5, 2011
Posts: 1637 Chuck A.
“Chuck and Larry”….. a Three Stooges reference I suppose?? If Dipsy is Larry am I Moe or Curly?
Posted: 05:49 PM on January 5, 2011
Posts: 222 tavian
Let’s hope Dugan continues to improve. A solid switch hitter always has an advantage in the majors and we will soon need his youth and batting eye.
Posted: 09:13 PM on January 5, 2011
Posts: 6 Hyunno Lee
another hollywood kid to come! is his father an actor, right?
Posted: 11:08 PM on January 5, 2011