Video: Cubs Top Prospects: Alexander Canario

[Aram Leighton]

Alexander Canario bounced back from a pair of brutal injuries to make his debut late last season. Where does he fit in for the Cubs in 2024 and beyond?

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[craig]

Aram's got a 30/30 for Canario's hit tool.  I'd like to hope it's not quite THAT bad?  Hard to succeed well with a 30-hit.  I'd like to hope he's maybe underestimating what Canario's hit might be, down the road?  But yeah, that would be the scouting evaluation why a guy with his HR's and OBP/OPS isn't rated more highly.  

I wonder if the Cub PD see it as that hopeless?  HR's are hits, of course, so getting a bunch of HR's helps sustain BA and OBP.  

[craig]

2 hours ago, TomtheBombadil said:

30 hit tool makes sense? Lots of chase and whiffs and Ks on a guy who hit .264 in the minors. He ran a ~45% chase and ~28% SwStr% during the MLB callup

 

Did the chase and SwStr% profile like that in 2022?  He only had 17 AB in majors, all spread out.  So I'm not sure his are any more predictive than PCA's.  In Canario's case, given the injury comeback, I'm not sure any of his stats from last year, majors or minors, are necessarily representative.  Seemed to me he was only just starting to find his groove when they called him up to watch and get un-grooved again.  But yeah, maybe that's just who he is, always has been, and always will be.  Cubs could kinda use a guy who out-performed the more cautious projections.