14 hours ago14 hr 40 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:Aren't Thome and Prosek also projected as high ceiling hitters, moreso than plus plus fielders?They are. They are also a few years away. Smith might be in the bigs very soon.
13 hours ago13 hr Positional ambiguity aside. Trading a guy who is hitting like Smith is, doesn't make me feel good. If he manages to be an OK catcher, he can be a monster with that bat. Even as a LF who mashes, that's valuable. The upside is not hard to project.
13 hours ago13 hr Boston Smith$50,000 signing bonus, Round 6, pick 171 (Nationals)unless a prep pick with high signing bonus, those 6th-10th rounders aren't taken so seriously as prospects, usually...a lot of times they are throwaway picks like the Braves did this past draftPositions: Catcher, Leftfielder and Third BasemanNo clear defensive position. That's a massive ding on his scouting report/potential impact. His size, at under six feet as well.Also went through college transfer process, from Cincy to Wright State, which is hardly a traditional ACC or SEC power program.Plus his only and first milb at-bats have all taken place this season...so a bit of a blank slate to prospect evaluators
13 hours ago13 hr 51 minutes ago, zisk said:They are. They are also a few years away. Smith might be in the bigs very soon.Everyone in the world knows how much the Seattle offense has struggled this year, particularly at home.Everyone also knows no hitters with over 60 homers historically have ever been below the 700s for OPS the following season...Cal Raleigh was just at 579.But jumping to the majors from a 6th rounder (at catcher of all positions) the following year after being drafted...don't think that has ever happened, at least to my knowledge.hoopaholik91•9d agoYou're looking at ABs. He's a walk machine, 21.3% in the minors, and his K rate is a more palatable 27.7% in that context.Totally fair, that does help some. But that's still high at AA.I haven't found any defensive evals of him yet, can he legit catch?AtYourServais•9d agoDestined to be a corner outfielder, according to most shouting reports. Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by caulfield12
51 minutes ago51 min “Clubs weren’t willing to pay for that much more control,” an NL executive said. “Whether it was because of labor concerns, short-term focuses, or prospect overprotectiveness, it seems like the market segmented itself into rentals, and players with control, but that second group seemed bucketed together, whether it was two, three or four years of control.“To me this is the continuation of a trend we saw last season where certain rentals – Merrill Kelly and Tyler Rogers stick out – had pretty strong returns, and the players with control didn’t return as much as you thought.mlb.com
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