7/3/2015 FRIDAY MINORS THREAD

smootness said:
I can't go that far. Can't put him ahead of Folty, Wisler, Banuelos, Jenkins, Toussaint, Peraza, Albies, Davidson, Peterson, Mallex, Sanchez, or even Ruiz or Allard once he signs.
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Folty is no longer rookie eligible. I don't believe Williams Perez is either. My Top 10 now would be:

1. Wisler
2. Albies
3. Peraza
4. Allard
5. Davidson
6. Mallex
7. Toussaint
8. Janas
9. Castro
10. Povse

I tend to rate pitching prospects with a high ground ball rate a bit higher than most. It seems to me that they tend to hold their effectiveness better as they move up the ladder. Williams Perez is a recent example par excellence. Hale developed a good sinker in his last year in the minors and I was sorry to see him traded away for what seemed like very little. Povse is another one in the same mold. I've moved him and Janas up in my ratings ahead of guys like Sims, Banuelos and Sanchez.
 
If we had such thing as untouchables, Albies and Davidson are it. Davidson's walk rate is absurd.
 
atl717 said:
If we had such thing as untouchables, Albies and Davidson are it. Davidson's walk rate is absurd.
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He needs to improve his swing and miss rate though. That's the aspect that is holding him back and likely holding back his power potential.
 
Albies is so small I can't get too excited about him. Esp with him playing Ss or 2b where I hope we have long term solutions

I'm watching Davidson and d Peterson and Ruiz. Bc we need those guys so much
 
I guess the question with Davidson and the strike outs are this. Is he striking out because he ends up taking some borderline pitches due to his patience, or is he striking out because he is swinging and missing at pitches out of the zone? He has struck out 39 times swinging, 23 times looking, and 3 times that were questionable. Overall, his K% is 25.7% on the year. I don't know how that compares to other hitters in his age group though, so I looked up Michael Chavis's numbers. Michael was in Braxton's draft class and is at the same level. In fact, Michael is the guy I wanted for Atlanta in that draft. Right now, Michael is King 33% of the time while walking just 6% of the time. He has swinging strike outs at a lot higher rate than Braxton. IMO, this bodes well for Braxton and not so well for Michael.

My hope is that Braxton's bat control on swinging strikes gets better, and some of those contacts end up going out of the park.
 
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