Mack’s Apples - Fangraphs Top 131 Prospects, Hunter Barco, Justin Dunn, Seth Lugo, Famous Fathers and Sons

Fangraphs   Top 131 Prospects –

          

#73 – 1B Peter Alonso

           #96 – OF Jarred Kelenic

#103 – SS Andres Gimenez    

     … that’s all folks

2019 Top Prospects -

Hunter Barco          LHP/OF         The Bolles School          

   

           PG Grade: 10 - Hunter Barco is a 2019 LHP/OF/1B with a 6-4 190 lb. frame from Jacksonville, FL who attends The Bolles HS. Large, slender frame with a ton of projection left on the body. Recorded a 60-yard dash time of 7.32. Worked out in the outfield and at first base. Very good arm strength and was recorded at 91 mph on throws from the outfield. Fluid arm with good glove skills and throws with good carry. Sound fielding ability at first base with clean transfers. Arm is full through the back and throws got good carry. Showed impressive power from the left side of the plate. Good bat speed and turned in a very loud batting practice. The ball jumps off the bat and looks to drive the ball with power to the pull side of the field. Named to the 2016 Main Event Showcase Top Prospect List. Verbally committed to Virginia. excellent student.

Baseball America prospects hot sheet –

         

  Justin Dunn, RHP, Mets - Team: Double-A Binghamton (Eastern)

Age: 22

Why He’s Here: 1-0, 0.00, 14 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 19 SO, 5 BB, 0 HR

The Scoop: After finishing his high Class A career with a 10-strikeout dazzler, the Mets saw fit to move Dunn to Double-A, where a circus was waiting. He made his Binghamton debut in Trenton, where he joined Tim Tebow and a rehabbing Yoenis Cespedes. Dunn had no problem shutting out the raucous crowds—not to mention the opposition—and opened his turn at the new level with nine strikeouts, one shy of the season high he’d set in his previous start. (JN)

Seth Lugo -

       

    

          After throwing his curveball at 16.6% and 17.4% rates in each of the previous two years, Seth Lugo threw his curveball 32% of the time on Sunday night, nearly in line with his 31.2% rate on the season. It worked. While it’s not Hill-level usage, a 100% increase in pitch usage is notable. In his second start of the year against the vaunted Yankee lineup, Lugo allowed just two hits over six shutout innings striking out eight and allowing no walks.

Famous fathers , slugging sons: Vlad Jr., Bichette and Biggio –

       

    Three players on his New Hampshire roster this summer have surnames that ring a bell. Third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the son of the newly minted Hall of Fame outfielder, is widely regarded as baseball's top prospect now that the Atlanta Braves have summoned Ronald Acuna Jr. from the minors. Shortstop Bo Bichette, Dante's boy, is a baseball rat who is tearing it up after a slow start. And second baseman Cavan Biggio, son of Craig, is moving up the prospect charts as a left-handed power bat.