12202C2C380A29202D282720410 wrote: Why stock down on Will Craig though? Before this season the knock on him was that he wasn't hitting for power like they expected and "never will" according to "experts."
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
this was our top 40 prospects coming into the year
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this was our top 40 prospects coming into the year
6B5648454A404B694156474140240 wrote: Why stock down on Will Craig though? Before this season the knock on him was that he wasn't hitting for power like they expected and "never will" according to "experts."
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
I would never have thought to classify Craig as a down or even staying the course type of player after this year. I thought he took a huge step forward. His average only dropped about 20 points. His OBP went down about 50. However, his slug. jumped so much that his OPS was was higher than the year before. He went from 6 HRs to 20 and had is highest output of doubles and triples in a system largely devoid of power. We expected that he would be a power hitter. This year, he looked like could be that guy.
And this is from a person who was super underwhelmed with him after seeing him in person last late July.
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
I would never have thought to classify Craig as a down or even staying the course type of player after this year. I thought he took a huge step forward. His average only dropped about 20 points. His OBP went down about 50. However, his slug. jumped so much that his OPS was was higher than the year before. He went from 6 HRs to 20 and had is highest output of doubles and triples in a system largely devoid of power. We expected that he would be a power hitter. This year, he looked like could be that guy.
And this is from a person who was super underwhelmed with him after seeing him in person last late July.
this was our top 40 prospects coming into the year
427F616C63696240687F6E68690D0 wrote: Why stock down on Will Craig though? Before this season the knock on him was that he wasn't hitting for power like they expected and "never will" according to "experts."
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
his obp did drop from 373 to 321 but his slugging went from 371 to 448 which was 13th in the Eastern League, just ahead of Hayes who had 444 and Reynolds at 438.
I thought last season put Craig back on the prospect map and it remains to be seen if he can hit for power and bring average up. I was more concerned that he strikes out went up quite a bit and walks decreased. His rookie year he had more walks than strikeouts.
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
his obp did drop from 373 to 321 but his slugging went from 371 to 448 which was 13th in the Eastern League, just ahead of Hayes who had 444 and Reynolds at 438.
I thought last season put Craig back on the prospect map and it remains to be seen if he can hit for power and bring average up. I was more concerned that he strikes out went up quite a bit and walks decreased. His rookie year he had more walks than strikeouts.
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this was our top 40 prospects coming into the year
6B4D4C5B4D5D2E0 wrote: Why stock down on Will Craig though? Before this season the knock on him was that he wasn't hitting for power like they expected and "never will" according to "experts."
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
his obp did drop from 373 to 321 but his slugging went from 371 to 448 which was 13th in the Eastern League, just ahead of Hayes who had 444 and Reynolds at 438.
I thought last season put Craig back on the prospect map and it remains to be seen if he can hit for power and bring average up. I was more concerned that he strikes out went up quite a bit and walks decreased. His rookie year he had more walks than strikeouts.
Yeah. I was coming from the idea that his stock was down already, it probably wasn't more downer-er after this season, haha. I thought he answered some questions but then asked a couple of new ones.
His power came at the expense of average and OBP. Other position prospects saw significant production bumps when moving from Bradenton to Altoona. I would characterize his 2018 as flat/stagnant, and for me, he needed to breakout to maintain any prospect status. Though, I am holding the slightest bit of hope, as hopefully his middling production was a product of adjusting to his different approach at the plate.
his obp did drop from 373 to 321 but his slugging went from 371 to 448 which was 13th in the Eastern League, just ahead of Hayes who had 444 and Reynolds at 438.
I thought last season put Craig back on the prospect map and it remains to be seen if he can hit for power and bring average up. I was more concerned that he strikes out went up quite a bit and walks decreased. His rookie year he had more walks than strikeouts.
Yeah. I was coming from the idea that his stock was down already, it probably wasn't more downer-er after this season, haha. I thought he answered some questions but then asked a couple of new ones.