ok. maybe 1-A, 1-B, etc.
Soroka is certainly a hell of a prospect to get past...
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Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Acuna is the man. Dude just keeps hitting. He started slow but is on fire right now
I am all aboard the Acuna hype train. Kid is all kinds of special.
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So....Where would Wright and Waters rank on our top 30 as it is now?
I put Wright 6 ahead of Anderson and Newcomb and Waters 22nd
If Wright comes in at a 60 fv, then he is probably #2
Waters if a 50.. would be 15 -20 probably.
I wouldn't put him ahead of Acuna or Soroka, at least initially. Fangraphs had Acuna as a 55FV before the season, I don't see how that wouldn't be bumped up to a 60FV if they re-did that list right now, he's just got a rare set of tools, everything is above-average to plus; and as a postitional player he's a little safer than a pitching prospect.
Soroka has been too good this year at AA to ignore, maybe he still doesn't project to have better stuff than Wright, but he's another guy that if you re-did the FVs right now, he would have to take a jump up. The peripherals at AA are outstanding for anyone, let alone a 19 year old.
I think moving Wright up past Allard does make sense.
Albies
Acuna
Soroka
Wright
Allard
Newk
Certainly can see putting him ahead of Allard/Newk though.
and that top ten for the Braves after this draft will be insanely good. I expect Newk to graduate before they do mid season updates, but we could have 9-10 guys on there still.
Wright is likely the best pitcher in the system, but the case can be made for Allard being above him. I could be convinced Wright is #1 in the system if someone was concerned about Albies a bit, and wasn't completely sold on Acuna's inflated BABIP.
Waters falls at the top of the FV 40 group of players, ahead of guys like Minter and Cumberland, but below the older role player FV 45 guys like TD and DPete...probably around 18-20. A young FV 40 with his tools has a chance to rocket up these rankings in the next couple years though.
Top 10:
Albies
Wright
Acuna
Maitan
Allard
Soroka
Newk
Anderson
Gohara
Pache
I might flip Maitan/Allard though. Regardless, the group of untouchables just grew to 6 guys last night.
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Keith Law said he might have Wright as our #1 depending on where he puts Acuna.
Ozzie loosing his shine a bit?
And he is coming off yet another DL stint after fouling a ball off his foot. It will likely take a week or so for him to get back into it, and his stats will suffer even more.
He's still the same guy though. It's just prospect fatigue. I fully expect the "TD is better than Albies" chatter to start up again soon.
We are already seeing posters around here saying absurd things like Albies is outside the Top 5 Braves prospects.
Again, the dude just turned 20. He is younger than half the guys that will be drafted this weekend, and is already putting up mediocre numbers at AAA. Folks need to keep some perspective.
jpx7 (06-13-2017)
I don't recall anyone saying TD was better than Oz... Just that TD may be good enough that if we could get a haul for Albies, and maybe fill another need, it might be worth exploring. I don't agree with that, I think Oz will be special, but that is what I recall reading on the board.