Pitching Prospect Woes Wilmer Flores, RHP DET
The walk rate so far shows a sign of the advanced pitch recognition touted by scouts prior to the draft. Despite the slash line you have to be happy with the 13% walk rate by Druw Jones in his 46 plate appearances.
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With the small amount of in-game activity in minor league spring training Jones has not been able to get acclimated to professional pitching (besides getting a base hit off Ohtani in spring training). Unlike Holliday, the Diamondbacks’ first-round pick missed crucial developmental time with his new organization.
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175/.283/.200 in A- Visalia striking out an astounding 30.4% given the praise of a plus hit tool and plate discipline.īut we should not be so quick to judge the 19-year-old Jones. With the Orioles prospects Jackson Holliday carving up A- in Delmarva and recently being promoted to A+ Aberdeen, attention is squarely fixed on Druw Jones. A shoulder injury robbed Jones of his professional debut and in turn crucial developmental time. Well, Jones slid to the Diamondbacks at number two in the draft and continued to be in the top two conversations for fantasy. Leading up to the MLB draft many were saying Druw Jones was the no doubt number one prospect in fantasy and to be taken by the Orioles first overall. Veen is still getting on base and letting his speed impact the game as he has six stolen bases so far no need to panic. This appears on the surface to be a good fundamental approach that is getting unlucky as his. The low strikeout rate and solid walk rate shows me his working counts and not pressing by swinging outside the zone. But wait! If you look at his current walk and strikeout rate you will find he is still walking at a 14.3% clip while bringing down his strikeout rate from the prior year to a respectable 18.4%. 167/.286/.286 in 11 games played for the Yard Goats. Picking up with the struggles Veen had in Hartford last season, the 2023 campaign has not gotten off to a hot start. Veen struggled with the bat hitting in the cold Washington state climate and managed to bring his batting average up to a. 301/.399/.501 slash line in 2021 this was the same for Veen in 2022 at A+ Spokane. If you looked at Veen’s 2021 slash line at A- Fresno you wouldn’t have thought that Veen started the season batting below.
In his time in the Colorado Rockies farm system, Veen, like Dominguez, has been a notoriously slow starter with the bat. This plate discipline shows me he can work through counts and learn pitchers’ tendencies to establish his footing in AA and make his climb back to the highly touted prospect he has been. That’s good for a steady 27.3% walk rate to begin the season. Something that tells me that he’s going to be ok is that he is still drawing walks 15 of them in 55 plate appearances. The switch-hitting Martian is hitting an ice-cold. At only 20 years old Dominguez is facing guys at least three years older than him in AA and it shows. He showed the Yanks enough to move him to A+ Hudson Valley where he caught fire and slashed. Fast forward to 2022 and Dominguez repeated the level at A- Tampa and still struggled to get his footing till the last 20 games. 200/.407/.200 in seven games before somehow the Yankees sent him to A- Tampa where he slowly started to get his season back on track. The Yankees outfielder from another planet has had slow starts to the year in each of his three professional seasons. More great fantasy baseball advice and analysis: Waiver Wire & FAAB Recommendations | Daily MLB Injury Report | MLB DFS Picks | Line-up Analysis | Dynasty Rankings and Strategy | MLB Bullpen Updates | MLB Player Props | Prospect Rankings & Analysis | Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers Don’t Panic on the Fantasy Baseball Prospects Hitting Prospects Jasson Dominguez, OF NYYĪlright first up is “The Martian,” Jasson Dominguez. Never fear, I am here to be the voice of reason and stop you from hitting the panic button with your top tier fantasy baseball prospects who are underperforming. This can cause slight panic to sell and get out before the bottom drops.
With the minor league season moving along it’s easy to watch the league leaders and notice your top prospects are not showing towards the top of the lists.
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