#2 Albies
#5 Demeritte
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/213958...icid=151437456
#2 Albies
#5 Demeritte
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/213958...icid=151437456
jpx7 (01-23-2017)
I was surprised to see DT in the top 5.
50PoundHead (01-24-2017), Braves1976 (01-24-2017), Hawk (01-23-2017)
Begin the countdown for Jace to find a new home.
That's not a deep list. The tiers from Moncada to Albies and Albies to the rest.......wow.
TD is a great athlete with in game power. I get it. I think they are glossing over the strikeout numbers........a lot.
Coach_Chris (01-23-2017), jpx7 (01-23-2017), Knucksie (01-24-2017)
jpx7 (01-23-2017)
Goes to show how awesome the farm system is when a guy like TD is an afterthought. He would have been a top 5 guy 3 years ago.
According to Sickels, the BRaves had 8 B or higher rated prospects in 2014, according to Sickels Demeritte is a B- prospect, meaning he'd be borderline top 5.
But your'e right, our farm now is incredibly deep. We lack some top end talent with only Swansby, Allard, and Albies as A grade prospects. But having 15 or so B rated prospects is sick.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Austin Riley ranked as the No. 8 3B prospect: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/214061...icid=151437456
That's a pretty weak list compared to other positions obviously, but Calhoun is a top 100 prospect. So there may be a wide gap after him, but Demeritte has jumped up from last year. He was #9 on the list last year and was behind Ibanez, Kingery, and Wall. MLB Pipeline seems to like him more than most, but that's a pretty good spot for him. It means he's probably not very far out of their top 100.
Meant to write Fried in there
TD at 3B makes a lot of sense. This upcoming season at AA should remove most doubt about whether is K problems are going to continue to be an issue.
Yeah, if his arm is better than some scouting reports indicate (and other reports indicate it is), then he should definitely move to 3B. There just isn't a future in Atlanta at SS or 2B. I think he's likely a bench guy going forward, but you might as well give him the shot to be an everyday guy for us.