7/31/2062
I’m gonna shake up my format a little bit to mimic what Ron’s been up to with his “Prospect Watch” series. I still want to assign letter grades but listing some ratings on the screen and limiting myself to a top 5 should make it more readable.
Here is a link to the last time I analyzed my outfield prospects. Not much has changed as I’ve held my outfield prospects without adding any new blood.
#1
Harrison Dundon (B) | Age: 20 | AA
| OVR/POT | CON | BABIP | AVK | GAP | POW | EYE |
|---|
| 35/50 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 6/7 | 6/6 | 5/6 | 5/5 |
Former 2061 14th overall pick Dundon, like a lot of players taken in recent drafts, was fairly advanced for his age so despite just turning 20 finds himself in the upper minors. I feel kinda foolish for taking a teenage corner outfielder while everybody else got this type of hitter but fully developed ten picks later than me, but it is what it is. Usually teenagers bump during development, not fully developed 20-somethings. Alas, at his peak Dundon should have a plus hit tool with 20 HR power and the ability to find the gaps. His left-handed swing will give him platoon splits. He’s just okay in the field without the range for center or arm for right field. He should start 2063—technically his age 20 season—in AAA with aspirations for San Fernando. Dundon might not stick until 2064 depending on how quickly the rest of his ratings fill in.
#2
Daniel Throsby (C+) | Age: 24 | AA
| OVR/POT | CON | BABIP | AVK | GAP | POW | EYE |
|---|
| 35/55 | 5/7 | 6/6 | 4/8 | 7/8 | 5/6 | 3/4 |
Throsby gets bonus points for his plus tools like bat-to-ball and gap power, but he loses points for being an underdeveloped 24 year-old. It’s the age old IFA track. He’s hitting, at least, with a 159 wRC+ in A-ball in 2061 and a 121 wRC+ this year in AA. Throsby is an average left fielder defensively. He was added to the 40-man over the last offseason so next season will be very important as a 25 year-old AAAer.
#3
Stephen Moorhouse (C-) | Age: 21 | A
| OVR/POT | CON | BABIP | AVK | GAP | POW | EYE |
|---|
| 30/45 | 6/9 | 5/7 | 8/9 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/3 |
Yet another prospect from the 2057 draft (seriously, go look at
what I accumulated that year—it’s too bad I traded the best players to Charm City) but from the 10th round, Moorhouse has always claimed his plus-plus hit tool as his calling card. He’s experienced small developmental gains but hasn’t produced in the minors as evidenced by his current .729 OPS in A ball. He’s also not much of a fielder who entered the org as a second baseman, moved to left, and now after lumping a point of outfield range might need to try the hot corner. It will be a tough call whether to add Moorhouse to the secondary roster this offseason but he survived last year’s rule 5 draft.
#4
Rafael Ramírez (D+) | Age: 23 | AAA
| OVR/POT | CON | BABIP | AVK | GAP | POW | EYE |
|---|
| 40/40 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 6/6 | 7/7 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
Ramirez was a pet prospect for me but a couple of spring lumps have soured me. He’ll make contact and find the gaps but is a mediocre hitter otherwise. Ramirez currently carries a .289/.349/.443 batting line that works out to a 102 wRC+. His future is short side of a platoon and he’ll get those chances thanks to his above average outfield range for a corner. Ramirez’s weak arm will limit him to left, however.
