Here
is what Max Preps said about Brett Baty when they
ranked him as one of the top 10 corner high school players in last year’s
draft:
Brett Baty,
Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), 6-3, 210
Baty is a first-round draft pick for his bat. He leads the
nation this year in home runs with 18 and also is batting .625 with 60 runs
scored and 48 RBI. He also has a great eye at the plate with 42 walks with just
eight strikeouts. Baty has a good enough arm to play third base, but is being
drafted for his bat.
Draft prospect: Look for either Baty or Tyler Callihan to be
the first high school third baseman off the board near the end of the first
round.
MLB broke out their top 10 projected
shortstop prospects:
The
Top 10 (ETA)
1.Wander Franco, Rays (2021)
2. Gavin Lux, Dodgers (2020)
3. Royce Lewis, Twins (2020)
4. Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (2022)
5. Carter Kieboom, Nationals (2020)
6. CJ Abrams, Padres (2022)
7. Marco Luciano, Giants (2022)
8. Jeter Downs, Dodgers (2021)
9. Nico Hoerner, Cubs (2020)
10. Ronny Mauricio, Mets (2022)
They
also accredited Mauricio as one of the top projected power producers:
Power: Franco, Lux, Witt, Luciano, Mauricio (60)
It speaks to the changing nature of the game that half of our
top 10 shortstops possess plus power. Luciano has more raw pop than any of
them, generating it with outstanding bat speed, wiry strength and the loft in
his right-handed stroke. He's just getting started but could hit 40 homers
annually if he reaches his ceiling.
It amazes me how much Andres Gimenez is ignored by baseball.
I hope he has the last laugh here.
We need the help of one, or two, of you
fantastic readers.
Simply put, we need additional writers on the site. The
addition of ‘John From Albany’ has been a Godsend for the site, but we could
use new blood to keep the site healthy and heading in the right direction.
We don’t bite here and have very few rules. Write what you
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somewhere in between.
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example of this is John who will be very busy this season travelling to
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this.
Syracuse was short in the projected 2020 outfield for the longest
time this off season. Not anymore. They not only have one too many with Quinn Brodey, Tim Tebow, Jarrett Parker, Braxton Lee, Ryon
Cordell, and Johneshwy Fargas, but they
now have added 28-year old Mexican League veteran Sebastian
Elizaide. Elizaide played 5 years
in the Reds organization, rising to the AAA level in 2018 (Louisville: .254).
The last two years he hit .33 for Monterrey in the AAA Mexican League and .313
in 2019. My guess is he, Brodey, Tebow, and Parker make the cut while the rest
battle for the 5th slot in camp.
I want you to watch something when the spring training games
start.
Catching.
We all know that Wilson Ramos will
start most games, but we also know that our SP2 doesn’t want him behind the
plate when he pitches. On paper, Tomas Nido is
the backup, but he has failed with a bat in his hands.
My guess is you will see more of Rene Rivera and less of Nido.
The 200-year old Rivera is Thor approved and just happened to
lead Syracuse last year in home runs (25).
Watch for Rivera to get major innings in camp to see if he’s
ready to come back to the majors.
13 comments:
What's the correct pronunciation of "Baty"? Is is "BAT-ty" or "BAY-ty"?
I think I remember the Brooklyn announcers saying Bat-ty last year.
Mauricio a consistent 40 homer guy? I will take that.
Gimenez played himself off the top 10 list in 2019. Can he play himself back on it in 2020? Ruben Tejada at his age still better.
You can call me A J...
You can call me J R...
What I love about only communicating thru posts is I can pronounce names anyway I want!
I still don't see how this whole Rosario-Gimenez-Mauricio thing is going to work out.
MetsTwitter cries for no trades here.
If that happens, what does our starting 8 look like in say 2024?
I think one will be on 2B. The other either in CF, traded or a utility player. If Gimenez is not the real deal, he could start playing other positions in Syracuse. I think he is real but I guess we will see.
Mack, I call him Bay-tee. I'm the batty one.
Gimenez had a pretty solid 2019 second half and a fine AFL...but this is the year for him to go to AAA and hit .320, and start impressing folks again. Or he may soon be looked at as a 26th man.
Either way, it looks like the water that will be used someday to cook the Guillorme goose is sitting on the stove.
Thx. 👍
I still feel that Gimenez should get a long look in CF upstate this year. A guy named Mantle made that switch pretty successfully in the past, and if he can do it now it will solve more than one problem.
Let's hope Gimenez is more Mantle than Lagares.
I don’t think Gimenez got to being a #1 prospect by accident. He has several plus tools and I just haven’t seen Mauricio’s plus tools yet, but everyone forgets Gimenez. He has plus speed, defense and hand eye coordination that leads to line drives and ascended the ranks quickly. Mauricio comes with many promises, but they are just promises...
He is going to be an all star 2nd baseman batting 325 45doubles and 35 stolen bases next year
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