L.J. Hoes (St. John H.S., Washington, D.C.) is a center fielder and right-handed pitcher who's a potential second- or third-rounder as a position player. At the plate, he has good bat speed and accelerates his wrists well, generating some backspin and wearing out the right side of the field. (His high school's home field has a relatively close fence in right, but no fence in left, so as a right-handed hitter, Hoes has tailored his approach to go the other way.) He showed excellent recognition of offspeed pitches, staying back on a curveball for a base hit to the left side, then singling to right on a slider away. He tends to glide forward as he gets his front foot down, and as a result doesn't get his lower half involved enough when he makes contact. Hoes is an average runner with a slightly above-average arm, pitching at 86-87 mph in a late-game relief stint. The main question for scouts on Hoes will be whether they think he can stay in center field, where he's rough right now but also hasn't had a ton of instruction. If he can handle center, he's a potential big-league regular who should hit for average and get on base, but he doesn't project to have the power teams desire in a corner outfielder if he has to move to left or right field.I also saw a pair of players from the University of Virginia who were potential first-rounders coming into the spring but who have slipped out of that mix. Right-hander Jake Thompson was considered the James Simmons or Ian Kennedy of this draft class -- a command right-hander with fringy stuff but a long track record of strong results. His results have not been as good this year as they were in the past, and his stuff is a bit fringier as well. Thompson gets on top of the ball from a high three-quarter slot and gets some downhill plane on his 86-90 mph fastball (pitching at 88-89), but the pitch lacks lateral movement and his unwillingness to use his changeup allows hitters to sit on the pitch. Against Maryland, which is not a strong offensive team, Thompson gave up a lot of hard contact on the fastball, exacerbated by his wildness, which put him in fastball counts much of the night. His best secondary pitch is a big-breaking 11/5 curveball with some depth, and he throws a slider in the 79-80 mph range that's more like a soft cutter.His teammate, David Adams, had a tough night, striking out three times, twice looking. His plate discipline was a big strength during his time in the Cape Cod League last summer, so his approach last night was disappointing, as he chased several offspeed pitches below his hitting zone. He still breaks his front leg early and has a lot of excess movement as he gets his hands started, but he was doing the same things on the Cape and had no trouble squaring balls up. As one of the few offensive middle infielders in the college ranks this year, he's still likely to go in the first few rounds, but he'll have to pick up his performance to be drafted in the top 40-50 picks.• One name on everyone's lips right now is UNC-Wilmington right-hander Brad Holt, who is probably the hardest-throwing college starter in the draft, sitting at 94-96 mph most weeks. His secondary stuff is still a question mark because he pitches heavily off his fastball -- 75 percent, in the estimation of one scout who saw Holt recently -- but his arm strength alone should push him into the supplemental round.