The fact he kept up the impressive numbers with Kinston after the trade convinces me the bat is for real.

Montero should definitely not be above him or Schafer!

OPS isn’t really that useful for looking at teen-aged prospects in A ball.

Look at the xbh rate; it’s a good bet he’ll have a lot of power. Hitting 18 HR for an 18 year old in A ball is pretty impressive on it’s own, but the 40 doubles and triples he hit will likely turn into even more HR power down the road. And the SO rate of 1 per 6.4 PA isn’t too bad either given his power and age at that level.

Still, I’m not sure he belongs quite this high yet. I’d like to see him do it again, or at least see better scouting buzz on him. I think in general we have a lot of 1B guys over rated who put up stats at lower levels. I think BA recently had him 10th best in the SAL. I’m not sure how that ends up top 40 (though BA is often wrong; but I’d like to see that argued then—are his tools, ceiling, or power projection, or simply his swing , so impressive that he belongs here? Or is it just that he put up good numbers alongside Montero, Stanton, etc. in that league, and they are on?)

He just looks like someone that will have a questionable bat in the bigs. The guy only hit .270 this year with a barely .200 IsoP. Yeah the glove is great, but he won’t play much if he can’t hit. The BB rate is nice, but the K rate was nothing special. Heck, he struck out in almost 30% of his AB’s.

Top 50 maybe, but I just cannot justify voting for Schafer here. I went with Wallace because I really believe in his bat, and he’ll likely play a passable 3B for a few years.

that the difference in positional scarcity is overtaken?

voted for santana and may have decided the chance of sticking at catcher makes him a tiny bit better, although Morrison has youth.

Howver, beginning to look like Morisson won’t get on the list until mid 40s, maybe low 40s, given the support levels for current candidates. I really think he should be higher on this list. he just went nowhere when he was on the list. he got more “others” in polls where he was just a tester than actual votes when he was a candidate.

From the way John talked about him seems like he’s a top 10-15 among position players to him.

In the AFL looks like his thinking is why take a walk when I can just rake. Yes, AFL stats don’t mean much, except to me when they seem of a piece with a player’s season overall.

My vote too…guess that’s the only 2 of us.

The minors are insanely rich with first basemen right now, which is part of what’s happening. But I count seven or eight first basemen on the list already, and people are clamoring for Morrison, Flowers, Freeman, and Wallace. It’s a bit out of control, and a reason why I think Schafer is being undervalued. Between what it takes for a first baseman to be a true star and the attrition rates of catchers, there’s a very good chance this list looks like a disaster a few years down the line.

Rangers fans (NOT all) stuffed the ballots, according to posts on LSB. I agree there’s no way Andrus should be where he is. I’d put him in 40-50 range personally more for his age and performance relative to his league. I don’t think he’s going to be an offensive force, but he plays at a premium position and if he becomes an Orlando Cabrera in his prime the Rangers would be pretty pleased with that.

He is a CF and has the raw tools to perhaps even stick there if nothing else yes he will be an OF somewhere but perhaps moved there because the team has maybin already in CF. Still you are right now debating a CF and tossing him on a lost about 1B and DH? seems a little weird there.

John’s take from Arizona was not that flattering.

then there’s no way he will have been underrated this year.

Lots of PED users have kept playing ball afterwards.