2017 TOP 30 PROSPECTS: UPDATE IN PROGRESS

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.
 
TheBravos said:
Our farm is #1 and that's great. How impressive is it for Houston to have one of the top teams in baseball and a top 5 farm. That is N.U.T.S!!
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Kind of like the 1990s Braves. Houston has done really well. Like nsacpi's post points out, their high draft picks have worked out for the most part and have become contributors or trade pieces.
 
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.
 
smootness said:
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.
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This has nothing to do with much, but man Robbie Alomar was a hell of a player.

I can see why if you don't think Albies is going to have 15 HR power that you would not consider him to be elite.
 
Southcack77 said:
This has nothing to do with much, but man Robbie Alomar was a hell of a player.

I can see why if you don't think Albies is going to have 15 HR power that you would not consider him to be elite.
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But at this point, why would you think that? He's showing increased power in AAA at 20.
 
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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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.
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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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