He’s neither shiny nor new but will be plenty good enough to hold down a major league job and still has time for the bat to catch back up to his improved glove.

underrated

The only other guy listed that I would consider is Vitters.

Brignac is 32 spots higher on mine. I have never been a Brignac fan.

I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Mier, but I certainly like him a bit.

He’s a big guy with lots of power, but he went deep off Francisco Samuel, who was the last pitcher in the game and just came off a year where he had a 5.66 ERA in AA. Ike also made an error in the field (his second in 2 days.).

That clip actually illustrates my issues with him - that’s a pretty long swing. The hand and bat speed doesn’t impress me either when I’ve seen him. He’s a good prospect - and hey, I’m not sure he’s not their best option at 1B. I just don’t think he will hit for a high AVG in the majors with those K rates and that swing. With a relatively low average and high Ks I don’t know how much/how often he’ll be able to bring his raw power to bear in the bigs. His power is still more raw than game, too. He has 20 career home runs (727 PAs - albeit a very bad start dragging it down). He also has not hit LHPs at all and sports a platoon split of .266/.323/.375 vs LHP and .292/.379/.489 vs RHP. Francisco Samuel is a RHP, fwiw. Unlike guys like Smoak, I know of no scouting reason to believe this platoon split is a SSS illusion - maybe someone can help me out there.

I think he’s a good hitter in general - but I’d be very reluctant to project him as more than an average hitter for a MLB 1B. The standard is just too high. So, while I see him becoming a pretty good 1B in the majors, that’s not really enough for me to vote for him as a top 100 guy. There are too many other 1B prospects I like better.

For me Ike is merely a good prospect, not elite.

Overall, the swing is longer. His new loading process — because it’s deeper and more aggressive — creates much more power than his old one.

But it also changes the swing’s path. Take note of where Davis’ bat makes its first aggressive move forward. What Davis has done is given his hands a longer path to travel. He’s able to keep his hands back and turn his hips and hands together on a firm front leg, which is a big driving force behind a hitter’s power.

The contact made by Davis was harder than before. But his strikeouts also increased in part because of the length he added to his swing.

Also makes not of his big platoon problems and speculates:

Best Case Outcome - Above average everyday first baseman

More Likely Outcome - More of an average everyday first baseman…I remind you of the kind of numbers one must put up to be considered an even average first baseman. A worst case scenario would be that Davis proves unable to hit left handed pitching on a consistent basis and has to be platooned with a right handed bat. But that’s much more than most predicted of Davis entering the 2009 season.