http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2017-top-100-prospects/
Braves:
Swanson 4
Albies 11
Acuna 35
Allard 41
Maitan 48
Anderson 54
Fried 62
Gohara 70
Soroka 93
He also mentions Pache was the last bat that was cut from the list.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2017-top-100-prospects/
Braves:
Swanson 4
Albies 11
Acuna 35
Allard 41
Maitan 48
Anderson 54
Fried 62
Gohara 70
Soroka 93
He also mentions Pache was the last bat that was cut from the list.
Kyle Lewis ranked 38... still irked we didn't draft him
9 of top 100 with another just missing out. Sick...
No Newcomb.
I think if Lewis is all pre-draft hype then the most likely course of events is that both propsects' stock take dives. Anderson is riding high on his draft stock as well. He's being treated like the 3rd overall pick even though he was selected for money reasons and really is more of a mid-first rounder type of arm and I'm not even that high on him. I think there's a good chance that Anderson is out of the top 100 by this point next year.
He notes Wentz, Newcomb, and Pache as just misses.
Ivermectin Man
Yeah prospect fatigue is a real thing. At some point if you aren't making obvious progress then you start to fall behind.
Also Eric tries to make it clear at the start of the article that the gap between something like 100-150+ isn't that big at all. Newcomb didn't make his top 100 list but he gave him the same FV that he did Soroka who came in #93.
I'm just not tremendously high on his stuff and his potential. I see him as a good candidate to struggle to put up much more than mediocre numbers when he's at a level that challenges him at all. I think you saw that after his promotion to Danville. His K rate dove, his BB rate jumped, and his ERA leaped to a much more pedestrian range.
I see Anderson as having a ceiling of a number 3 starter but is much more likely to be a back end of the rotation arm or swing man if he ever makes it at all. There's just not a lot special there.
Braves1976 (03-13-2017)
Braves1976 (03-13-2017), jpx7 (03-14-2017)
He K'd 18 in 18 IP, then K'd 18 in 21 IP at Danville.
Yes, he was not as dominant with the step up in league, but 1) you wouldn't expect that he would be 2) he still did fine and 3) there was not enough of a sample to show any kind of improvement as he adjusted to level.
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Lewis on the other hand was a 21 year old college player who was never bumped a level due to the injury. Not quite apples.
Last edited by Southcack77; 03-13-2017 at 09:59 AM.
What?? Anderson has phenomenal stuff for his age, plus the frame to continue growing power.