Washington Nationals Top-15 Prospects of 20 …

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http://tinyurl.com/yfu6qkn 6. Chris Marrero | 1b | Age – 21 | Grade – B- Body Type – He’s big, but not particularly athletic Scouting Report The first round pick from 2006 finally reached Double-A last season. Ever since Chris Marrero was promoted during his 2007 breakout season, from Single-A Hagerstown to A+ Potomac, Marrero has been a mainstay there. If it were up to me, I’d have challenged him 2008 and started him in Double-A, see if he could figure things out on his own. Instead, he stayed in Potomac the entire season and put up a .785 OPS, this after putting up a .769 OPS in 290 PAs the prior year. If that weren’t enough, Marrero started the 2009 season again in Potomac and stayed there for 469 more PAs before the team finally promoted him. I almost see that as being wasted development time because by the time he was promoted to Double-A, he should have already been adjusted to that level of pitching and hopefully ready for Triple-A. Marrero has only improved by gradual increments each year, but it has mostly come from a better BABIP. The walks, however, are down from his first session in Potomac, and the strikeouts and power roughly remained the same. Marrero has a nice right handed swing but leaves himself vulnerable to off-speed stuff away because of his habit of “stepping in the bucket”, which is a term used for players that don’t stride and plant straight ahead… they essentially plant in an open stance. It’s something Marrero has put a lot of work into, but he hasn’t been able to kick the habit entirely. In the clip above, I like how Marrero is letting the ball travel deep into his hitting zone. But in this instance, he’s actually letting it travel too deep and as a result, he’s locking up his arms. At the point of contact, Marrero’s bat is actually in a linear trajectory and as a result, the ball comes off the bat in a linear fashion. Had he made contact with the pitch a little earlier, he may have been able to drive the ball deep to the outfield. Marrero has good bat speed and keeps his swing relatively short. He has plus raw power that he’s still tapping into. However, his swing does get long at times and when he’s not going well, he swings at pitches he shouldn’t. For Marrero, his bat will have to carry him because he’s a below average defender at first base, the position where one’s bat carries the most importance. Best Case Outcome – Above average everyday first baseman More Likely Outcome – Average everyday first baseman 7. Eury Perez | CF | Age – 19 | Grade – C+ Body Type – Thin frame…some projection, but not a lot Scouting Report Eury Perez just completed his first season in the Gulf Coast League, but we actually have some data on him that goes back to his first season in 2007 with the Nationals’ Dominican Summer League affiliate. Over the past three years, Perez has continued to improve his contact rate. His K% has dropped from 19.6% to 13.9% to 9.8% in 2009. And while he’s never going to hit for much power, he’s at least showing signs of improvement by also upping his ISO-power in each of the last three seasons. The negative aspect here is that Perez’s BB% has also dropped from 16.1% to 11.8% to 7.4% over the last three years. The glass-half-full look at that decline is that he showed such discipline and patience to begin with. Perez has a knack for making hard contact, using the entire field to his advantage. He hit the ball on the ground far more than years prior and hit less line drives as a result. I just hope he doesn’t start trying to hit the ball on the ground intentionally to take advantage of his speed. I’d rather to see him look to hit as many line drives as possible. When you start slapping at the ball on the ground, you become a one-dimensional player. Defensively, Perez makes use of close to plus-plus speed and could be a plus defender in time. Best Case Outcome – Juan Pierre with more patience? Sounds like it and that’ s not a bad thing as long as he’s kept in centerfield More Likely Outcome – Too soon to say 8. Destin Hood | OF | Grade – C+ – Physical and athletic outfielder still very raw, but flashed his potential in the GCL 9. Juan Jaime | RHP | Grade – C+ – Jaime stands out from the other right handers after Strasburg and Storen because of his tremendous arm strength… needs another pitch though 10. Michael Burgess | RF | Grade – C+ – Big time power, but long swing needs to be fixed or he’s going to fizzle out at higher levels 11. Jeff Kobernus | 2b | Grade – C – Not as high on him as others are, but he’s an athletic second baseman with a solid college track record and the Nationals organization doesn’t have many of those 12. Brad Meyers | RHP | Grade – C – Control/command guy with average stuff, but a deep repertoire 13. Aaron Thompson | LHP | Grade – C – Another control/command pitcher with average stuff…doesn’t have the command that Meyers does 14. A.J. Morris | RHP | Grade – C – Maybe the best pure stuff of all the righty control artists, but he needs a third pitch to make it as a starter at the MLB level 15. Paul Demny | RHP | Grade – C – Stands out a bit because of his fastball/curveball combination, but he’s very inconsistent…probably profiles better out of the bullpen -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.25.133