2025 Prospects Thread

[D-train]

We still have Williamson to play Gold Glove level defense and hit a little bit to play 3b.

I'm not counting on that and I hope they are not either.

Then why take him in the second round, you can't argue he hasn't met expectations.

It is irrelevant where they take him. He is almost 25 yo and is OPSing barely over .600 in the most hitter friendly league on planet Earth. That is a league in which Leo freaking Rivas is OPSing .961. Samad Taylor .899 Leody Tavaras .831

[D-train]

Season Age WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+

Player A. 24 1.3 85 295 277 36 70 13 0 1 21 5 1 15 64 .253 .294 .310 .604 77

Player B 26 0.5 65 196 171 20 41 5 0 2 20 2 1 17 26 .240 .314 .304 .619 74

Player C 21 1.4 133 486 457 49 129 21 5 2 47 8 5 21 38 .282 .313 .363 .676 91

Player D 21 -0.4 145 507 463 31 110 16 3 3 32 1 2 31 51 .238 .292 .305 .597 69


Name the player whose exploits on the diamond are so horrible that they never deserve to play another season


****Sorry this looks bad on a phone...on the computer everything is perfect aligned

5'11" 206 lb Jarred Kelenic age 23 season: .746 OPS
6'0" 210 lb Ben Williamson age 24 season: .604 OPS

He...........just.............needs...............more..............ttttiiiimmmeee

[Donn Beach]

I'm not counting on that and I hope they are not either.

Then why take him in the second round, you can't argue he hasn't met expectations.

It is irrelevant where they take him. He is almost 25 yo and is OPSing barely over .600 in the most hitter friendly league on planet Earth. That is a league in which Leo freaking Rivas is OPSing .961. Samad Taylor .899 Leody Tavaras .831

It's not irrelevant at all, you're acting like he morphed into a different player than the one they drafted. This is who they drafted. They promoted him to the majors where he had success. If this isn't what they anticipated then why take him in the second round

[D-train]

I honestly don't know how you can watch BW hit a baseball and think he is going to be a viable MLB starting 3B.

[D-train]

Then why take him in the second round, you can't argue he hasn't met expectations.

It is irrelevant where they take him. He is almost 25 yo and is OPSing barely over .600 in the most hitter friendly league on planet Earth. That is a league in which Leo freaking Rivas is OPSing .961. Samad Taylor .899 Leody Tavaras .831

It's not irrelevant at all, you're acting like he morphed into a different player than the one they drafted. This is who they drafted. They promoted him to the majors where he had success. If this isn't what they anticipated then why take him in the second round

Success?????? Great D and noodle bat. That only works at SS and Catcher.

[D-train]

He was so successful they traded for a rental to replace him and demoted him.

[Donn Beach]

I honestly don't know how you can watch BW hit a baseball and think he is going to be a viable MLB starting 3B.

It's not to do with what I think, I'm talking about what they think. This is the guy they used a second round pick on. It's not like they promoted him to the majors and he forgot how to hit. They drafted him, promoted him where he performed pretty much as he would be expected didn't he? But they aren't going to have any expectations for him

[D-train]

When the drafted him they obviously thought he would develop power and he as 4 HRs in almost 1000 PAs. Not a horrible 2nd rounder relative to the other trash cans they drafted there aka Joe Rizzo and Josh Stowers but another dud. He would have value if he could BU SS but he has barely played there.

[Donn Beach]

He was so successful they traded for a rental to replace him and demoted him.

He put up 1.3 war in 277 at bats, is that failure?

[D-train]

I honestly don't know how you can watch BW hit a baseball and think he is going to be a viable MLB starting 3B.

It's not to do with what I think, I'm talking about what they think. This is the guy they used a second round pick on. It's not like they promoted him to the majors and he forgot how to hit. They drafted him, promoted him where he performed pretty much as he would be expected didn't he? But they aren't going to have any expectations for him

They promoted him because Polanco was an epic fail at 3B. If they had signed a real viable 3B in the off season we wouldn't be talking about another failed 2nd rounder. He is a good kid. I am criticizing them not him.