MAJORING ON THE
MINORS: TOP 30 PROSPECTS – # 7 AKEEL MORRIS – Tom Brennan
I’m doing my Top 30 Prospects articles
a bit differently – in 2 lists:
·
A
top 10 list of lower minors guys who likely won’t show up until 2017 or later. See list at end of this article.
·
Followed
by my top 20 list of guys who are closing in on the big leagues. Guys who could help in the near future or be
trade bait.
Here is the list so
far:
20.
Daniel Muno
|
19.
Michael Fulmer
|
18.
Miller Diaz
|
17.
Dario Alvarez
|
16.
Jayce Boyd
|
15.
Rob Whalen
|
14.
Hansel Robles
|
13.
Gabriel Ynoa
|
12.
Gavin Cecchini
|
11.
Jack Leathersich
|
10.
Cory Mazzoni
|
9.
Cesar Puello
|
8.
Matt Bowman
|
Today, selection #7:
AKEEL MORRIS: I
firmly believe Akeel is the real deal, although we may at best only see him as
a September call up in 2015.
Here is a guy from
St. Thomas who flew to the Dominican for a try out, passed the audition, and
chose to sign with the Mets. A choice to be thankful for.
After a
really rough 2012, he was moved to the pen in 2013 at Brooklyn with remarkable
results. Well, not nearly as remarkable as in 2014 in Savannah. Were it
not for one bad pitch (a 3 run homer) he'd have allowed just one earned run the
whole season. Just one. Five
months. Unheard of.
How about 3 hits per
9 innings? 14 Ks per 9. Who does that?
Answer: video game
characters do…and so does Akeel Morris.
He throws so hard,
someone may give him an original nickname like, oh, Mercury Morris. Terrific change up. Fine breaking stuff. A
drive to succeed every outing. Failure is not an option.
He was MILB fans'
choice for baseball's Minor League Reliever of the Year, so he has those who
have seen and believed.
OK, so why did he not
get promoted from mid-A Savannah in 2014, Smart Guy? Before I answer that,
thank you for being dumb enough to call me smart. They left him there to
convert him to a closer. He passed the test with flying colors.
He's "movin' on
up" in 2015. My hope is straight to AA for the 22 year old righty,
mid-season to AAA. Who knows, maybe we see him late 2015. I hope
so. More gas in a lethal pen. I'm OK with that. Good luck in 2015,
Mr. Morris.
MY
TOP 10 LOWER MINORS LIST:
#
1 - Marcos Molina
#2
– Michael Conforto
#3
– Amed Rosario
#4
– Dominic Smith
#5 - Jhoan Urena
#6
– Vicente Lupo
#7
– Wuilmer Becerra
#8
– Luis Guillorme
#9 - Casey Meisner
#10 - Milton Ramos
4 comments:
For those who want the bottom line, he is my #10 overall prospect on El Metsos.
Don't see him even sniffing citi field to pitch an inning this year. Dilson Herrera was an crazy exception to the (Mets) rule last year with that kind of advancement. Should be interesting next year.
As in the case of all minor league pitchng, the big test will come in the 'prospect league'... AA
I'd imagine that Morris will start at St Lucie, due to the pitching logjam in front of him - otherwise, I'd like to see him thrown right into AA and challenge him. My guess is it won't take long for him to reach AA.
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