https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/
Acuna 2
Wright 26
Gohara 31
Soroka 34
Pache 37
Anderson 45
Riley 55
Touki 60
Fried 78
Wentz 84
Maybe it's the skeptic in me, but this seems kind of excessive.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/
Acuna 2
Wright 26
Gohara 31
Soroka 34
Pache 37
Anderson 45
Riley 55
Touki 60
Fried 78
Wentz 84
Maybe it's the skeptic in me, but this seems kind of excessive.
thethe (02-05-2018)
Scouting reports and tool grades for each player in the top 100 are listed at that link.
bravesfanMatt (02-05-2018)
Allard off another list. This will be a pivotal year for the kid.
Coppy
To me the most interesting thing is Acuna's 45/50 grade on his glove. That is a BIG gap from some of the other sources that I have read, who seem to think his glove is comfortably a plus. That was probably the difference between him being a 65 or a 70.
jpx7 (02-05-2018)
on anderson:
"...but a combination of corraling his rising velocity along with minor-league-level umpires inconsistency at calling high strikes has impacted his walk figures."
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Knucksie (02-07-2018)
Oh Kiley....
Well, I guess we got our answer on Pache. Kiley really does think of him that highly.
lol
My boy, Riley gonna shoot up even more this season
There is definitely some pozzy Braves bias due to Kiley being "the Braves guy", but overall it's a good list. The Touki ranking is a bit baffling, but I suppose their thinking is he's still young enough that they can continue dreaming on his control improving.
We now see how high Kiley is on Pache. I agree that he slots in behind the Gohara/Wright/Soroka trio, but #37 overall might be a little high. Still, a prospect with Kevin Pillar's floor is not the #37 prospect in the game haha. I notice he hedged his comment a little bit to, "With little improvement, he’s a Kevin Pillar".
Allard is completely off the list...even with Kiley pozzying it up. This list implies he isn't even considered to be in the Braves Top 10 anymore, and he is now a low-end FV 50 guy.
Wright's FV dropped to 55 from 60 after 17 professional innings (so did Hunter Greene's). He didn't exactly impress in his pro debut, but it's a bit surprising to see him dropped like that.
My biggest issue is with the consistency of this new "Variance" column. Gohara and Soroka are both FV 55 pitchers, ranked only 3 spots apart. Gohara has "Med" Variance, yet is ranked about Soroka, who has "Low" Variance. I imagine there will be many requests for clarification about this new column in the prospects chat tomorrow.
jpx7 (02-05-2018)
Maitan dropped off the top 100 as well.
Ivermectin Man
They seem to equate variance with risk in the writeup on Acuna. So, my guess is that it's variance between ceiling and floor, or perhaps variance between scouting projections you'll find. But I can see a guy with a higher variance, or more risk, being ranked ahead of a guy with the same overall grade but lower variance because, while the risk may be lower, the ceiling is also lower. So it's all just a matter of what you give the most weight to.
We can argue all day about what the true floor of a guy with Pache's grades is (yes, it's true that the absolute floor of someone with a current hit grade of 20 is likely not Kevin Pillar). But if those grades are fairly accurate or in any way an industry consensus, holy crap. 80 run, 80 field, 70 arm? That is insane. If he hits even a little bit, that's a souped-up Inciarte. If he has even a 45-50 hit tool ultimately, that's like a 4-win player.
Also interesting to see Kyle Lewis completely off the list after his struggles last year. I think Anderson is now ranked ahead of him on basically every list.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg