BA's Midseason Top 50 Prospects
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msstate7
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Baseball Prospectus just released their midseason top 50 prospect list.
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39. SS Ozhaino Albies (Braves)
Age: 18 (1/7/97)
Placement on pre-season 101: N/A
Current MiLB level/Affiliate: Low-A Rome
Developmental Update: Albies has well-below-average raw power, and it's likely not a part of his game in the long run. However, the rest of his tool set has the potential to shine bright. Albies has the potential to be above average or better with his hit tool, speed, arm, and defensive tools, all at a premium defensive position. Four tools at shortstop are tough to find, and Albies has hit for his entire professional career at this early stage of development. While the power may ultimately hinder just how valuable his bat is, Albies has a high floor and will certainly provide value up the middle. ?Tucker Blair
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45. 2B Jose Peraza (Braves)
Age: 21 (4/30/94)
Placement on pre-season 101: 92
Current MiLB level/Affiliate: Triple-A Gwinnett
Developmental Update: If Peraza were playing in essentially any other organization he?d likely still be playing shortstop. He?s a plus-plus runner with excellent instincts so he should pile up the steals. The swing is very much geared for contact but his quick wrists allow him to shoot line drives to right field, even if the build and path give him very little chance for power. He?s a heady defender who uses his speed to make plays to his left and right, with just enough arm strength to handle short, and more than enough to be a potential plus defender on the other side of the bag. ? Christopher Crawford
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Albies is the youngest player on the list.
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Taken from Braveshomer on mlb.com
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39. SS Ozhaino Albies (Braves)
Age: 18 (1/7/97)
Placement on pre-season 101: N/A
Current MiLB level/Affiliate: Low-A Rome
Developmental Update: Albies has well-below-average raw power, and it's likely not a part of his game in the long run. However, the rest of his tool set has the potential to shine bright. Albies has the potential to be above average or better with his hit tool, speed, arm, and defensive tools, all at a premium defensive position. Four tools at shortstop are tough to find, and Albies has hit for his entire professional career at this early stage of development. While the power may ultimately hinder just how valuable his bat is, Albies has a high floor and will certainly provide value up the middle. ?Tucker Blair
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45. 2B Jose Peraza (Braves)
Age: 21 (4/30/94)
Placement on pre-season 101: 92
Current MiLB level/Affiliate: Triple-A Gwinnett
Developmental Update: If Peraza were playing in essentially any other organization he?d likely still be playing shortstop. He?s a plus-plus runner with excellent instincts so he should pile up the steals. The swing is very much geared for contact but his quick wrists allow him to shoot line drives to right field, even if the build and path give him very little chance for power. He?s a heady defender who uses his speed to make plays to his left and right, with just enough arm strength to handle short, and more than enough to be a potential plus defender on the other side of the bag. ? Christopher Crawford
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Albies is the youngest player on the list.
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Taken from Braveshomer on mlb.com
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
It's just nice to have 2 guys in the top fifty.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I wonder how close Wisler was to making the top fifty. BA had him at #34 in their pre-season list.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Well I was told Wren destroyed the farm, he we are with 2 Wren products in the top 50
Sorry couldn't help myself. I'll be on my way.
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
Well I was told Wren destroyed the farm, he we are with 2 Wren products in the top 50
Sorry couldn't help myself. I'll be on my way.
sure but who's to say albies would be progressing this way if wren were still in charge?
My guess is that they took him off because he graduated. There would be no reason for him to have dropped that far, especially considering all the other players who graduated ahead of him.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
It's interesting that there are a few guys who are currently in the bigs on the prospect list, but someone like Buxton isn't. Wonder how/why they did that. I find it hard to believe that Wisler shouldn't be on the list unless they didn't count him because he is on the big league team. Seems that big league action is arbitrarily applied in the list's composition.
Who from the list is currently in the majors? Gallo, Schwarber, and Norris all spent some limited time there this year, but they're all in the minors now, and for Gallo it says, 'Back after a major league cameo'. That leads me to believe that anyone who has been called up and so far wasn't called back down is off the list.
Braxton also made the "just missed" section for BP, placing him in the top 60 or so. It's interesting that even with all the pitching added recently, the top three prospects are position players.
I am on board with selling Peraza as a SS that is simply blocked by the best defensive SS in the game. He doesn't walk, at all, and that is a skill that is rarely learned later in the development arc. I say use Peraza and some of the pitching to bring in a bat for LF, 3B and/or C.
I am on board with selling Peraza as a SS that is simply blocked by the best defensive SS in the game. He doesn't walk, at all, and that is a skill that is rarely learned later in the development arc. I say use Peraza and some of the pitching to bring in a bat for LF, 3B and/or C.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
You serious?
sturg33
I
I'm wondering this as well... surely that was a joke
Horsehide Harry
<B>Mr. Free Trade</B>
Or you could trade Simmons, install Peraza at short until Albies is ready then decide between Peraza and Jace at 2B.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Well I was told Wren destroyed the farm, he we are with 2 Wren products in the top 50
Sorry couldn't help myself. I'll be on my way.
There was a serious shortage of pitching prospects at the lower levels. But yeah the narrative about what happened to the farm system under Wren has been overstated by many.
In addition to Peraza and Albies, some notable holdovers include: Davidson, Baby Harang, Janas, Castro and Povse. And we should not forget recent graduates such as Teheran, Wood, Simmons and Gattis.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I suppose the possibility also exists (as far-fetched as it must seem to someone like you) that his progress would be faster in an alternative universe in which Wren remained as GM.
But I strongly suspect that his progress would have been about the same regardless of who was in charge.
Well I was told Wren destroyed the farm, he we are with 2 Wren products in the top 50
Sorry couldn't help myself. I'll be on my way.
Wren and his staff were rightly criticized for their work in the draft.