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CaliforniaRaisin

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Deeg Draft Eligible

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Given that Soler is going to be in Chicago very soon, it was a tiny bit worrisome to see him scuffling. Not a bad breakout though.

 

Bryant and Soler, 12 PAs, on base 12 times, wow.

gscool89 First Round Pick

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Why is our 2014 32nd round pick in AAA? I know when short a body, they'll sometimes they'll just send over the closest one they can find, but this guys played 2 games and started both.

Fill in and he had a good AZL

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10 days ago Schwarber had a .738 OPS at Daytona. It is currently .982.
Agony and Ivy First Round Pick

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Player A: 1st season after being taken with a top 5 draft pick.

As a 21-year-old, in leagues between Short-Season A & A+ (with 2 warm-up games in Rookie), in 146 PA, he hits .336/.390/.688 with 11 walks (7.5%) and 35 Ks (24%).

 

Player B: 1st season after being taken with a top 5 draft pick.

As a 21-year-old, in leagues between Short-Season A & A+, in 275 PA, he is hitting .341/.436/.616 with 38 walks (13.8%) and 51 Ks (18.5%).

 

Pretty comparable numbers between the two players. When you include BB and K rates, Player B might come out on top (just going by the numbers). Player B plays a premium up-the-middle defensive position. Player A plays an important corner infield position. Each player has question marks about their defense coming in, but they also possess excellent work ethics and desire to improve to stay at their current positions.

 

Player A is heralded as his team's top prospect and possible/likely perennial all-star and team "savior". The team's fans are totally geeked that he is in their organization. Their spirits soar at the thought of him. Player B is considered a solid prospect who should be a good major league hitter. The team's fans are excited about him but he ranks about 7th or 8th best on their prospect list.

 

You'd think Player B plays for an organization with a much better and deeper farm system. But they each play for the same organization. The one main difference between the two is that Player A was drafted one year before Player B.

 

So the question is if Kris Bryant had been drafted by the Astros, would Cubs fans be going nuts over Kyle Schwarber as the team's, newest, best hope? Did Bryant's march thru every level of the Cubs minor league system make Schwarber's performance this year seem like, "eh, been there, done that"?

 

I'm not saying Schwarber should be considered just as good as Bryant (scouting reports, Schwarber's defensive question marks are greater than Bryant's show a difference the numbers so far haven't), but I am saying the prospect buzz on Schwarber is much less because of what Bryant did the year before and of his arrival.

 

If Schwarber does what Bryant's done in his 2nd season, I expect that will change...

 

That's too long of a post but the last sentence is wrong. Schwarber was never as good as Bryant in college.

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