2025 Prospects Thread

[D-train]

Somebody's gotta take that left side of the infield. Which one is gonna make the switch. It's like a logjam of infielders. We just need a couple of those guys to take the next step. Definitely cut down on that strikeouts. We need contact from the SS & hopefully some power from the 3B.

I am praying Arroyo can play 3B because Cole has 2B locked in now.

[GL_Storm]

Tai Peete is still pretty young. He turns 20 on August 11. He's showing some power, which is encouraging. But the K-Rate is at about 30%, which is way too high. That makes him essentially a second-tier prospect. He's interesting. There's some potential there. But right now he's a work in progress.

[D-train]

Tai Peete has been on a bit of a hot streak. Hopefully he can continue to decrease the Ks, because he has speed and power.

Our system also has Jonny Farmelo who brings the speed and power, but Peete is the guy that kinda flies under the radar as he hasn't yet posted an eye-popping OPS

Peete is a true 5-tool guy. You often hear "so-and-so is a 5-tool superstar" and yet that player offers a below-average glove or below-average arm. That isn't the case for Peete. He threw mid 90s from the mound. Has a big-time arm, accurate, too. He also has the speed. He's showing a good glove in CF and now he also is showing the power at the plate with 16 bombs this season. If he can continue to progress as a hitter to develop into a .290-310 type of bat (should rack up plenty of infield hits with his speed), while being a 30-30 guy. Holy smokes!

I like Peete's athleticsim. It's hard not to. Going to continue to root hard for him

He's not a 5 tool unless his hit tool continues to progress. He's a bit raw and was always a bit more of a long project. His K rate is sitting at 30 % in Low A, but he's been better over the last 3 weeks. He may need to start next season in Modesto. Hopefully he continues to improve.

He isn't going to play an entire season in High A and then get demoted to Low. That literally never happens.

[Pharmabro]

Tai Peete has been on a bit of a hot streak. Hopefully he can continue to decrease the Ks, because he has speed and power.

Our system also has Jonny Farmelo who brings the speed and power, but Peete is the guy that kinda flies under the radar as he hasn't yet posted an eye-popping OPS

Peete is a true 5-tool guy. You often hear "so-and-so is a 5-tool superstar" and yet that player offers a below-average glove or below-average arm. That isn't the case for Peete. He threw mid 90s from the mound. Has a big-time arm, accurate, too. He also has the speed. He's showing a good glove in CF and now he also is showing the power at the plate with 16 bombs this season. If he can continue to progress as a hitter to develop into a .290-310 type of bat (should rack up plenty of infield hits with his speed), while being a 30-30 guy. Holy smokes!

I like Peete's athleticsim. It's hard not to. Going to continue to root hard for him

Hopefully he does develop, but a .733 OPS in the minors isnt encouraging. As Moneyball said, "If he's a good hitter, then why doesn't he hit good?"

It is a work in progress and no one can say he reaches his sky high potential or is a future Door Dasher.

[Juliooooo]

Our system also has Jonny Farmelo who brings the speed and power, but Peete is the guy that kinda flies under the radar as he hasn't yet posted an eye-popping OPS

Peete is a true 5-tool guy. You often hear "so-and-so is a 5-tool superstar" and yet that player offers a below-average glove or below-average arm. That isn't the case for Peete. He threw mid 90s from the mound. Has a big-time arm, accurate, too. He also has the speed. He's showing a good glove in CF and now he also is showing the power at the plate with 16 bombs this season. If he can continue to progress as a hitter to develop into a .290-310 type of bat (should rack up plenty of infield hits with his speed), while being a 30-30 guy. Holy smokes!

I like Peete's athleticsim. It's hard not to. Going to continue to root hard for him

He's not a 5 tool unless his hit tool continues to progress. He's a bit raw and was always a bit more of a long project. His K rate is sitting at 30 % in Low A, but he's been better over the last 3 weeks. He may need to start next season in Modesto. Hopefully he continues to improve.

He isn't going to play an entire season in High A and then get demoted to Low. That literally never happens.

I mistakenly thought he was in Modesto. He needs to stay where he’s at to start next season imo though, although I suspect they will bump him up

[Juliooooo]

Tai Peete is still pretty young. He turns 20 on August 11. He's showing some power, which is encouraging. But the K-Rate is at about 30%, which is way too high. That makes him essentially a second-tier prospect. He's interesting. There's some potential there. But right now he's a work in progress.

That’s where Farmelo is too, but with much fewer AB, and much better results when he does make contact. I do think Peete has had enough progress to be encouraged though. Probably doing about as well as we could hope at this point

[GL_Storm]

Tai Peete is still pretty young. He turns 20 on August 11. He's showing some power, which is encouraging. But the K-Rate is at about 30%, which is way too high. That makes him essentially a second-tier prospect. He's interesting. There's some potential there. But right now he's a work in progress.

That’s where Farmelo is too, but with much fewer AB, and much better results when he does make contact. I do think Peete has had enough progress to be encouraged though. Probably doing about as well as we could hope at this point

Sure. He's a young guy with athletic talent working on his game, trying to get better. They have at least one more year before they need to roster him, so it's fine. Hopefully, he does some work over the offseason and uplevels his bat. We'll see.

[D-train]

He's not a 5 tool unless his hit tool continues to progress. He's a bit raw and was always a bit more of a long project. His K rate is sitting at 30 % in Low A, but he's been better over the last 3 weeks. He may need to start next season in Modesto. Hopefully he continues to improve.

He isn't going to play an entire season in High A and then get demoted to Low. That literally never happens.

I mistakenly thought he was in Modesto. He needs to stay where he’s at to start next season imo though, although I suspect they will bump him up

That is what I thought. I agree he won't get promoted to Ark until he gets the K rate down to 25%

[Vogelbomb]

Sure. He's a young guy with athletic talent working on his game, trying to get better. They have at least one more year before they need to roster him, so it's fine. Hopefully, he does some work over the offseason and uplevels his bat. We'll see.

Exactly. Turns 20 in August. He'll could return to Everett for a couple of months next year before heading up to a AA in June. Really hope he works on his swing decisions/contact ability in the offseason. He has been slowly getting better.

[Vogelbomb]

Somebody's gotta take that left side of the infield. Which one is gonna make the switch. It's like a logjam of infielders. We just need a couple of those guys to take the next step. Definitely cut down on that strikeouts. We need contact from the SS & hopefully some power from the 3B.

I am praying Arroyo can play 3B because Cole has 2B locked in now.

Interesting that you think he's locked it in. I mean he's been really good and you can see him ascending after a dynamite July. But I still think he and Arroyo will go to camp next year (Bliss too) and they'll assess, winner take the spot. I would hope each gets a fair shot and there's no inherent bias. We'll see. Maybe I'm naive. Maybe Young will come in as the frontrunner. Will be interesting to see if JP gets shopped in the offseason. I really think they should. His defense is seriously falling off a cliff.