BA's Top 10 Braves Prospects

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1. Pache
2. Waters
3. Anderson
4. Wright
5. Muller
6. Wilson
7. Langeliers
8. Contreras
9. Shewmake
10. Davidson

I would move Shewmake up a couple spots.

Writeup on Pache says scouts have gotten more bullish on his power potential. Getting better leverage in his swing.
 
My list would probably be:

1- Pache
2- Waters
3- Wright
4- Langeliers
5- Anderson
6- Muller
7- Wilson
8- Shewmake
9- Contreras
10- Any number of prospects that are a fair step below the rest on this list.

6-9 could be in any order for me and I wouldn't have any real issue.
 
Our current top 10 is very heavily weighted toward players in the upper minors. Looking at this from a glass half full perspective this means lots of potential for "organic" improvement over the next 2-3 years for the major league team.

From the glass half empty perspective there has to be at least a little concern about what is going on in the lower levels. The international sanctions clearly are biting. There was some good talent taken in the middle and later rounds in this year's draft. Our #3 pick, Michael Harris, is surely in our top 15. Maybe Bryce Ball too.
 
nsacpi said:
Our current top 10 is very heavily weighted toward players in the upper minors. Looking at this from a glass half full perspective this means lots of potential for "organic" improvement over the next 2-3 years for the major league team.

From the glass half empty perspective there has to be at least a little concern about what is going on in the lower levels. The international sanctions clearly are biting. There was some good talent taken in the middle and later rounds in this year's draft. Our #3 pick, Michael Harris, is surely in our top 15. Maybe Bryce Ball too.
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Yeah we're going to have to get a little lucky with some of those later round lottery tickets if we're going to maintain a healthy farm in 2021 and beyond. Hopefully some of those guys hit and hopefully we're able to have some good drafts and J2 classes once we're completely out from under the penalties. I believe we have half of our pool next year and then we'll be in the clear for 2021 J2 correct? Maybe we can add some interesting 100k signings this year and really dive in headfirst in 2021.

There is some work to be done and my only complaint with this front office so far has been their approach to amateur signings/drafting. But hopefully they'll prove me wrong and show that their talent evaluation is better than I think it is.
 
Right, we're at 50% for the 2020-21 signing period. Then in the clear.

We need some of the guys like Tarnok, Michael Harris, Vodnik, Ball, Backstrom, Grissom, Estes and Owens to progress so that the pipeline does not dry up after the group in the upper minors graduates.
 
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nsacpi said:
Our current top 10 is very heavily weighted toward players in the upper minors. Looking at this from a glass half full perspective this means lots of potential for "organic" improvement over the next 2-3 years for the major league team.

From the glass half empty perspective there has to be at least a little concern about what is going on in the lower levels. The international sanctions clearly are biting. There was some good talent taken in the middle and later rounds in this year's draft. Our #3 pick, Michael Harris, is surely in our top 15. Maybe Bryce Ball too.
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I think there are a couple more sleepers there - Grissom, Backstrom, maybe Owens - and I don't think it would actually shock many people if a couple of the cheap international signings from the last couple July 2 classes turned into decent prospects given our organizational history with those kind of kids.

What wouldn't come as a complete surprise in this June's draft would be to see AA pass on spending big signing bonuses in the first 2-3 rounds, choosing instead to spread the money out more evenly on high school players with upside throughout the first 10 rounds like he did with the late picks last year. - looking for those really toolsy types of players that may take a little longer to develop that teams don't generally pounce on until much later. Unless someone really slips, the guys they'll be looking at aren't likely players many teams have a consensus feeling about. For instance, passing on a player like Shewmake last June and taking a really toolsy arm like Espino would have saved you $630,000. That would have been enough money to sign a toolsy HS SS like Matthew Lugo instead of taking Phillip in the 2nd round. Espino/Lugo types from the 2020 draft to add to Harris/Ball/Grissom/Backstrom/Owens in the lower levels would help you start recovering from the penalties.
 
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