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    Under the radar prospects you are excited/want to see more of this year?

    Who are some of the 'off the radar' prospects you guys are excited to see this year, or even just curious to see? Talking about guys who really haven't gotten much if any prospect love.

    Here's a couple of mine;

    Pitchers
    Matt Rowland
    6-5 righty that was an overslot signing by the Braves last year in the 11th round, reportedly had a low-mid 90s fastball and a decent slider coming out of HS, missed the entire year with some type of injury that I can't find much information on, but if he can get healthy - you have a big framed righty with pretty decent velo and someone the Braves paid extra money for.

    Bryse Wilson
    4th round pick last year, but gets completely overshadowed by Muller/Wentz/Anderson..... already a really good fastball and potentially a solid slider. Probably profiles as a reliever unless his 3rd pitch comes along, but his numbers were exceptional. .68 ERA, 29 SOs, 8 BBs, 26 IPs, .172 BAA.....

    Anthony Guardado
    Two years ago the Braves picked Guardado in the 3rd round, since then he's hardly pitched because of injuries; but at one time he had a mid-90s fastball. I imagine its very likely this ship has sailed, but I'm still curious.

    Thomas Burrows
    The 'other' guy acquired in the Mallex Smith / Gohara trade. Could be a very real bullpen piece, struck out 37 in 24 IPs last year. Its not overally sexy talking about relievers, but being able to homegrow those bullpen arms is necessary for a mid-market team like Atlanta.

    Matt Custred
    Love this dude's bullpen potential --- huge guy (6-6/230) with a big fastball and lots of strikeouts. Another bullpen arm that walks too many, but if he can improve his control some, he could be in Atlanta this year.

    Matt Withrow
    Withrow was pretty good as a starter last year but doesn't get much if any fanfare nationally. A college arm, so he's a little older, but big frame with a good fastball.



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    Conor Lien
    I just want to see a full and healthy season from him. He's got enough tools to be at least a useful 4th outfielder and maybe even a little more than that, but he's had a hard time staying upright. He can steal bases, play defense and hit for a little power.

    Livan Soto
    One of our J2 signings, but he tends to get lost behind Matian/Severino/Guitirrez.... I like the sparse reports we've heard about Soto regarding his feel for hitting and baseball instincts.

    Braulio Vasquez
    Another J2 signing, much more unheralded than some of our others, put together a really strong showing in the DSL, Longerhans had a brief writeup on him calling him a '55 runner with some feel for hitting, someone to watch in the GCL'.

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    you killed it on the pitchers. I am on all those. Also like to follow big Chase. Hopefully he gets his sh!t straight!!

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    Abraham Gutierrez
    Isranel Wilson
    Kyle Muller


    Maybe they aren't quite as under the radar as others, but none of them are really big time prospects at the moment. Really excited to see the international hitters in their first full season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    Abraham Gutierrez
    Isranel Wilson
    Kyle Muller


    Maybe they aren't quite as under the radar as others, but none of them are really big time prospects at the moment. Really excited to see the international hitters in their first full season.
    Wilson also needs to get his Sh!t together. Dude has all 5 tools and then some.. he just can't use them for crap. Read a report talking about lazy effort and then got suspended for some discipline issues.

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    Hitters: Didder mostly, but also Kevin Josephina, Jared James, William Contreras, and Joey Meneses.

    Pitchers: Tucker Davidson, Alan Rangel, Gilbert Suarez, Jacob Webb, Corbin Clouse, Devan Watts, Evan Phillips, and Bradley Roney

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    Phillips, Roney, Dirks, Yepez

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    Would love to see Yepez fully healthy and break out.

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    Could probably list all the J2 guys except Maitan and maybe Severino as they have some hype.

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    To try to go with different prospects than have already been listed:

    Position Players:

    Yanci Peña
    Nick Shumpert
    Justin Ellison

    Pitchers:

    Jesse Biddle
    Luis Mora
    Jeremy Walker

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    The 17 or 18 year old Nicaraguan left handed pitcher who was in rookie ball last year - 3 average pitches with decent control. He's so under the radar that I don't remember his name or age well.

    Edit: Dilmer Mejia. Also he's 19.

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    I'll go 5 of each. None of our starters are under the radar at this point

    Joey Meneses
    Jared James
    J.B, Moss
    Anthony Concepcion
    William Contreras

    Caleb Dirks
    Matt Custred
    Chase Johnson Mullins
    Devin Watts
    Bradley Roney

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    Michael Mader and Drew Harrington are a couple others that aren't completely under the radar, but I think have been undersold a little bit.

    Similar profiles.... #4/5 type starter or relief arm, neither has an out pitch and neither has much projectibility left, but both have 3 averagish pitches with potentially strong control of said pitches.

    Similar to talking about relief pitchers, talking about back-of-the-rotation arms is hardly sexy, but those type of players still hold decent value and can be used as trade chips - or rotation fill ins.

    Mader in particular pitched pretty well in AA after coming over in a trade last year and has already had seasons of 133 innings and 140 innings under his belt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Preacher View Post
    Michael Mader and Drew Harrington are a couple others that aren't completely under the radar, but I think have been undersold a little bit.

    Similar profiles.... #4/5 type starter or relief arm, neither has an out pitch and neither has much projectibility left, but both have 3 averagish pitches with potentially strong control of said pitches.

    Similar to talking about relief pitchers, talking about back-of-the-rotation arms is hardly sexy, but those type of players still hold decent value and can be used as trade chips - or rotation fill ins.

    Mader in particular pitched pretty well in AA after coming over in a trade last year and has already had seasons of 133 innings and 140 innings under his belt.
    I think Tyler Pike could impress this year

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    Wouldn't consider him "under the radar," as he's gotten attention, but want to pay closer attention to Rio Ruiz this year. Assuming that he'll be with Gwinnett all summer, which will afford a chance to see him play. First, want to witness some improvement/development. Then want to see if there's something more that suggests he'd be more than a regular 3B on non-contending team.

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    Drew Harrington since I've been following him since his Louisville days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave View Post
    Jared James
    This is definitely my guy. I'm really intrigued by him.

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    Wanna see how Tyler Neslony does this year.

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    My extremely under the radar guy is Braulio Vasquez. He hit really well in the DSL but for basically zero power, and then Fangraphs prospect list mentioned him bulking up this offseason.

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