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Who is the #19 prospect for 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:04 am
by dmetz
Kevin Newman is too high with his popgun minor league bat. He's falling like a rock. Hearn isnt even a prospect to me.  Will Craig isn't a prospect, already a bust.



The great thing about this list is that the gig is up for 5-6 of these guys in a couple months.   Moran, Moroff, Luplow, Kingham, Crick.   No more guessing games.



1 out of 5 need to be a good major leaguer. We need more 1WAR backups or depth players like a hole in the head

Who is the #19 prospect for 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:09 pm
by OrlandoMerced
I think the folks wanting to write Craig off after showing no power in a league where no one hits for power is a quite premature. I know I probably beat this drum too often, but Luplow and Kramer were two guys that saw their SLG% rise over 100 points in the move from the FSL to the EL. Craig's plate discipline peripherals show that he can put the ball in play and draw walks.



If Craig's slg% get the same sort of bump, then we're looking at a 23 year old player in AA with an 840-880 OPS. I don't think that's some unreasonable expectation based on how hitters with similar profiles have transitioned in this system in the past.



I'm also not interested in BA's perspective, they see 1B with sub 400 slg% in High-A and say "no prospect".