Official MiLB/Prospects Thread

[Brownie19]

Is there much of a chance that Yesavage could become that or is he more of a finished product (as I've heard he's super advanced)?

 

Yesavage certainly has the potential to be an elite guy.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Bloss was drafted a year ago and has already pitched in MLB, it's possible Yesavage does the same I think

[Spanky__99]

The comments are painful... lol

 

[Pendleton]

The comments are painful... lol

 

 

What, you think it's a bad idea to call up the 18 year old with a 34% K rate and sub .300 OBP in A ball?

[Brownie19]

That's a pretty powerful swing. Reminds me of Orelvis a bit.

[metafour]

Will Wagner in his Buffalo debut: 2 for 3, 2B, BB

 

 

Edited August 1, 2024 by metafour

[L54]

Will Wagner in his Buffalo debut: 2 for 3, 2B, BB

 

Can Will Wagner play anywhere but 2B/LF?

[glory]

Will Wagner in his Buffalo debut: 2 for 3, 2B, BB

 

Hopefully he has some defensive versatility. I don't expect the bat to be good enough at the big league level to start but might have value as a utility player who covers a bunch of positions.

[AMS528]

That's a pretty powerful swing. Reminds me of Orelvis a bit.

 

Yeah you hope he figures out the contact issues cause that is a lot of power for an 18 year old.

[metafour]

Nimmala just hit another HR to go along with a 2B in tonight's game.

 

The power is peaking hard lately.

[Sorrow]

Hopefully he has some defensive versatility. I don't expect the bat to be good enough at the big league level to start but might have value as a utility player who covers a bunch of positions.

 

He's played every IF position as a professional but primarily 2B/3B/1B. His swing, not the setup but the physical swing, reminds me a lot of Daniel Murphy.

[Spanky__99]

Jays updated top 30 from Pipeline...

 

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/bluejays/

[AMS528]

Jays updated top 30 from Pipeline...

 

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/bluejays/

 

Lol how is Brandon Barriera still 5th on that list.

[Laika]

they don't actually move players around during the season

[AMS528]

So as far as I can tell Nimmala has the most HR's of any player 18 or younger in the minors this year.

 

His .250 ISO is also by far the best for any teenager that's played in A ball or higher this year. Obviously the strikeouts are a huge concern, but that power is unmatched for his age right now.

[BatFlip]

So as far as I can tell Nimmala has the most HR's of any player 18 or younger in the minors this year.

 

His .250 ISO is also by far the best for any teenager that's played in A ball or higher this year. Obviously the strikeouts are a huge concern, but that power is unmatched for his age right now.

 

 

The power is super impressive. Hopefully the plate approach improves, but he's sure got time for it at this age.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Nice to see Nimmala showing some good signs, but Bonilla? Woof.

[AMS528]

Nice to see Nimmala showing some good signs, but Bonilla? Woof.

 

High failure rate on those signings, but even by those standards, he's been worse than basically the entire top 20 list of international signings that year.

[Laika]

So as far as I can tell Nimmala has the most HR's of any player 18 or younger in the minors this year.

 

His .250 ISO is also by far the best for any teenager that's played in A ball or higher this year. Obviously the strikeouts are a huge concern, but that power is unmatched for his age right now.

 

.375 ISO since he got promoted back to A ball

[Laika]

There is a kid with Pittsburgh, Axiel Plaz, who is 18 and has a very similar line this year in the FSL.

 

Other than that over the last few years the most similar line is probably Orelvis Martinez. He had more hits, higher AVG, but he was also a full year older.

[Terminator]

Nice to see them finally roll the dice on a high ceiling guy like Nimmala. If we are going to run Top 5-10 payrolls I kind of like the strategy of trying to hit home runs through the farm system. We can sign 2 WAR guys whenever we want.

[Jonn]

Will Wagner is 26 and demolishing AAA. Probably should take a look at him in the Big Leagues.

[metafour]

Bros, Nimmala just did it again LMFAO.

 

2 for 3, HR, BB so far tonight.

[L54]

Where is Will Warren playing? DH?

[max silver]

Where is Will Warren playing? DH?

 

Did you mean to say Will Wagner? He's been starting at second base for Buffalo so far. I wonder how the team would handle his playing time if brought up to the majors? Horwitz largely seems to entrenched at second base, but perhaps Vlad could spend more time at third base, and there should be plenty of DH at bats available as well.

[John Balkabella]

Freely admit, after the first two months of the season, I didn’t have Nimmala as the brightest point in the Jays system.

 

Don’t know who it was, wasn’t much there, but it wasn’t him.

 

Any recent reports on his defence?

[L54]

Did you mean to say Will Wagner? He's been starting at second base for Buffalo so far. I wonder how the team would handle his playing time if brought up to the majors? Horwitz largely seems to entrenched at second base, but perhaps Vlad could spend more time at third base, and there should be plenty of DH at bats available as well.

 

Ya wrong Will

 

I haven’t read anything good about his defence. A bat first prospect with limited versatility. I’d have to imagine they give him a look at third since Ernie Clement is getting most of the starts there right now

[Spanky__99]

BA's upgraded post deadline top 30...

 

 

Headshot of Orelvis Martinez

1. Orelvis Martinez

SS / 2B

 

Headshot of Ricky Tiedemann

2. Ricky Tiedemann

LHP

 

Headshot of Trey Yesavage

3. Trey Yesavage

RHP

 

4. Jake Bloss

RHP

 

Headshot of Joey Loperfido

5. Joey Loperfido

OF / 1B

 

Headshot of Arjun Nimmala

6. Arjun Nimmala

SS

 

Headshot of Addison Barger

7. Addison Barger

SS / OF

 

Headshot of Kendry Rojas

8. Kendry Rojas

LHP

 

Headshot of Khal Stephen

9. Khal Stephen

RHP

 

Headshot of Charles McAdoo

10. Charles McAdoo

3B / OF

 

Headshot of Josh Kasevich

11. Josh Kasevich

SS

 

Headshot of Jonatan Clase

12. Jonatan Clase

OF

 

Headshot of Landen Maroudis

13. Landen Maroudis

RHP

 

Headshot of Fernando Perez

14. Fernando Perez

RHP

 

Headshot of Johnny King

15. Johnny King

LHP

 

Headshot of Adam Macko

16. Adam Macko

LHP

 

Headshot of Alan Roden

17. Alan Roden

OF

 

Headshot of Leo Jimenez

18. Leo Jimenez

SS / 2B

 

Headshot of Enmanuel Bonilla

19. Enmanuel Bonilla

OF

 

Headshot of Carson Messina

20. Carson Messina

RHP

 

Headshot of Ryan Jennings

21. Ryan Jennings

RHP

 

Headshot of Dahian Santos

22. Dahian Santos

RHP

 

Headshot of Eddinson Paulino

23. Eddinson Paulino

OF

 

Headshot of Jace Bohrofen

24. Jace Bohrofen

OF

 

Headshot of Will Wagner

25. Will Wagner

3B / 2B

 

Headshot of Juaron Watts-Brown

26. Juaron Watts-Brown

RHP

 

Headshot of Brandon Barriera

27. Brandon Barriera

LHP

 

28. Cutter Coffey

SS

 

Headshot of Nolan Perry

29. Nolan Perry

RHP

 

Headshot of Eric Pardinho

30. Eric Pardinho

RHP

[Olerud363]

There is a kid with Pittsburgh, Axiel Plaz, who is 18 and has a very similar line this year in the FSL.

 

Other than that over the last few years the most similar line is probably Orelvis Martinez. He had more hits, higher AVG, but he was also a full year older.

 

And Orelvis really struggled when exposed to more advanced pitching.

 

Not a lot of players with this profile teenage power hitters who hit .220 and strike-out 1.3 times a game...

 

a) just a rare bird

the coach's know this isn't the right way to start off so most young hitter are encouraged to develop as a hitter, so you get guys from Trout, to EE, to Danny Jansen, to Teoscar, to Vlad, hitters of all skills who are coached in such a way they hit .320 with 12 homers, or .280 with 8 homers, or something like that as a teenager then add the power later.

 

I'm going on and on about his, but lots of guys add power as they advance, anecdotally it seems the guys that start with power and high k-rates aren't as successful long term.

[Olerud363]

And Orelvis really struggled when exposed to more advanced pitching.

 

Not a lot of players with this profile teenage power hitters who hit .220 and strike-out 1.3 times a game...

 

a) just a rare bird

the coach's know this isn't the right way to start off so most young hitter are encouraged to develop as a hitter, so you get guys from Trout, to EE, to Danny Jansen, to Teoscar, to Vlad, hitters of all skills who are coached in such a way they hit .320 with 12 homers, or .280 with 8 homers, or something like that as a teenager then add the power later.

 

I'm going on and on about his, but lots of guys add power as they advance, anecdotally it seems the guys that start with power and high k-rates aren't as successful long term.

 

Just stat scouting not many of the big power guys make it. Connor Griffin, older guy obviously, Brandon Wood from way back.... Kelenic even? Josh Phelps?

 

I'm picking random guys from all over the place. Phelps actually started without power. Just as a stat-scouter of many years seems you hear a lot of stories of the big power guy with 150 ks in 120 games and 29 homers and then they don't make it.

 

The great hitters hit .320 with 9 homers as teenagers... nothing is black and white though.