Showing posts with label Khalil Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Khalil Lee. Show all posts

12/6/21

Player Profile: Khalil Lee

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Background, Stats, Videos.

Background: 

Khalil Lee, RF/CF/LF, Bats Left, Throws Left, DOB 6/26/1998, 5'10", 170 pounds, Drafted by the Kansas City Royals, 3rd round, 2016 Draft, 103 Overall.  He is on the Mets 40 Man Roster.

The Mets acquired Khalil on February 10, 2021 as part of a three team trade that sent Andrew Benintendi to the Royals.  The Mets gave up Josh Winkowski (who was acquired as part of the Steven Matz to Toronto trade) along with minor league prospect Freddy Valdez.  

At the time of the trade last winter, I was a little skeptical.  He had great speed, great arm, and power but he struck out more than he hit.

During the season, I spoke to Syracuse Hitting Coach, Joel Chimelis, about Khalil who said: "I think Lee has come a long way mechanically.  I think he needs a better understanding of how the body works and how to be more efficient with the body and the barrel. He’s still young.  He just turned 23. He still has a lot to learn.  I think he’s learning it and picking it up faily quickly. 

He has pretty good strike zone discipline but sometimes his effort level is a bit too much.  But he’s learning and he’s getting better.  One of the things with him is having a high ground ball rate which means he’s spinning off the ball so we try to maintain the connection…focus on the inside part of the baseball…also stay long through the zone and hit more line drives."

Overall in 2021, he still struggled with the strikeouts, getting K'd 128 times against 81 hits but you could see progress all year and in September he hit .311/.440/.635 - 1.075 OPS with 6 HRs and 13 RBIs.  That helped Khalil be named as a 2021 Triple-A East League All Star.  

Tom Brennan had Khalil as his #7 prospect saying: "Khalil Lee - walks a lot, gets hit by pitches a real lot (24 times in 388 PAs), and his hitting in 2021 was much improved.  Was only retired in 55% of his AAA plate appearances, which explains why he had an OBP of .450.  Opposing pitchers had to HATE him. 

The best-ever OBP while in the Mets AAA minors for on base machine Brandon Nimmo was .423, nearly 30 points lower, and that was accomplished in the PCL hitters’ wonderland, not in the normal hitter environment Syracuse where Lee played.  

Lee ought to be a frequently used Mets outfielder in 2021, either as a starter or reserve.  His AAA .450 ought to translate to a 2022 Mets' .300 OBP at a minimum, I would speculate."

Prospects 1500.com has Khalil as the #12 Prospect.

Is he ready to be an MLB regular?  Very possibly.  If not, he is very close.

FanGraphs:

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