Power Hitting Prospects

he's interesting.  i just picked him up in my league based purely on his stats.  he's 22, first full season college player.  that's the third highest OPS in the FSL, it's a tough league. (the two guys ahead of him are the ghost of jay bruce and some 26-year-old first baseman.)  no idea how he projects or whatever.  

I have seen him play several times this year. The ball jumps off of his bat. He has some real power, but lately it has fallen off. I havent seen him play in about a month, so I don't really know why it has slacked off. His power is real though.

The White Sox's Chris Carter is someone to keep an eye on.

I really think that he is going to be the Twins 3b in a system that has a couple of other alternatives.  He just seems to be progressing well after some off the field stuff (and Ryan Braun) kept him off the field at Miami. I think he is an under the radar guy that could make us look by the beginning of next year

Hello everyone,

I think the really interesting thing about Nick Weglarz is the fact that even though he is still young for Low-A at age 19, he could have been at Low-A at age 18 if not for a wrist injury from a HBP after his first game of the season at the GCL Indians in 2006 (the only game he played at the GCL Indians, so essentially, he had just his 147 ABs at Adv. Rookie-Level Burlington in 2005 to help him prepare for his Low-A debut, which could partly explain why he got off to a slow start this year, as he skipped the Rookie-Level GCL Indians that the Indians wanted him to experience in 2006.)  

His profile when he was drafted by the Indians in the 3rd-Rd. of the 2005 Draft was that he had good power potential and that he could handle fastballs, even good fastballs; the question with him was how would he handle the breaking pitches, since his baseball experience wasn't as extensive as players from Texas, California, Florida, etc.  That was his main weakness in Burlington in the 2005 season, but he showed comparable plate discipline to highly-touted OF prospect and 2005 1st-Rder. John Drennen:

Drennen:
18 BB/37 K in 168 ABs = 0.11 BB/AB, 0.22 K/AB

Weglarz:
17 BB/42 K in 147 ABs = 0.12 BB/AB, 0.29 K/AB

The BB rate was virtually identical, with the slightest of advantages to Weglarz, while his K rate was a little worse, but not by that much (SSS understood.)  Agewise, Weglarz is over a year younger than Drennen, as Drennen was born in August 1986, Weglarz in December 1987.  Weglarz has a 54 BB/73 K ratio in 283 ABs at Low-A Lake County this year, so his plate discipline continues to be a strength of his to this point.

Combine that young age with Weglarz's 6'3" 215 lb. frame and there should be plenty of projection to foresee good power potential from him, and he's already hit 14 HRs in 283 ABs at Low-A Lake County, which was a hitter's park for HRs in 2006 (1.27 according to the Baseball Think Factory,) but its weighted park average between 2004-2006 was actually more of a pitcher's park for HRs (0.90,) plus Weglarz has hit 5 of those 14 HRs away from Lake County's Classic Park, so I think we can conclude that Weglarz already has legitimate power, and has a chance to develop even more power at his young age of 19.

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

Take care and have a great day!