My top 20 would be something like:
1. Acuna
2. Albies
3. Maitan
4. Soroka
5. Wright
6. Gohara
7. Allard
8. Anderson
9. Pache
10. Wentz
11. Touki
12. Wilson
13. Severino
14. Waters
15. Riley
16. Fried
17. Sims
18. Jackson
19. Peterson
20. Ruiz
with Gutierrez, del Rosario, and Herbert knocking on the door.
Elite:
1. Acuna
2. Maitan
Very Good:
3. Albies
4. Soroka
5. Wright
Good:
6. Gohara
7. Pache
8. Toussaint
9. Weigel
Interesting
10. Anderson
11. Wentz
12. Allard
13. Sims
14. Muller
15. Tarnok
16. Del Rosario
17. Wilson
18. Fried
19. Severino
20. Waters
21. W. Contreras
22. Herbert
23. Minter
24. T. Davidson
Wild Cards:
Cruz
Sanchez
Gutierrez
Pena
Wilson
Ventura
Soto
Ramos
Encarnacion
Zuniga
Negret
Shumpert
Vasquez
Morales
Conyers
Bacon
Pretty sure they're not any good but could surprise:
Alex Jackson, Austin Riley, Brett Cumberland, Anfernee Seymour, Travis Demeritte, Braxton Davidson, Rio Ruiz
Depth:
Jared James, Tyler Neslony, Dylan Moore
I think Albies is definitely an elite prospect. I mean, if he's not, then the 'elite' category is probably too narrow to be worth much.
I think Anderson not even being listed as "good" is more egregious, but I, too, consider Albies elite.
Ben Badler on Touki Toussaint:
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I am liking this SJ guy. He is our marketing department for the Braves. Bravo man. Bravo.
Coppy
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John Calvagno, who scouts the Sally League, on Cristian Pache:
Cristian Pache (Braves) is #3 on my Sally top 25, he’s pretty well put together, hell be 6’2″ 200+ at peak. The bat speed is plus and the ball jumps off of his barrel. He works the count and sprays the ball around. He’s also a 70 grade runner and a potential gold glove CF. He has the potential to hit 290 with 20+ bombs and 30 SB (at least early in his career). Why isn’t he included in the top group? Again you have to squint, he’s hitting the ball in the air 19% of the time right now. He’s shown next to no game power but he’s a rugged young man. If he finds some lift I suspect he’ll have power to all fields. He’s got an enormous ceiling
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Calvagno on Maitan:
SS) Kevin Maitan (Braves) A 17 year old sturdy switch hitter I guessed 6’1″ 225 lbs after seeing him recently. Left handed he’s got premium bat speed and the ball explodes off of his barrel. He also showed solid bat to ball skills and an all field approach. A potential plus hitter with potential double plus raw power. I have to get some more looks at the right hand swing before I can comment. If I were to rank every player I saw this season Maitan would be #1 on the list, he’s that impressive. He compares very favorably with the 2016 group, If there was a chance he could stick at SS I would have him up with Brendan Rodgers.
I haven't seen Pache near as many times as that guy, but I have a hard time seeing Pache as a 20+ homer guy with his current swing. That seems very optimistic.
Wow, that is a glowing report on Pache. Had no idea he had that kind of bat speed and potential power. Definitely seems like he needs to increase that launch angle, but if he has that kind of offensive ceiling...wow.
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