cincyinco (03-16-2017)
I have spent a very long time working in media and communications, and I can't begin to unravel how someone would construct a top 100 list in order to maximize click potential. It would be infinitely easier just to list the kids you think actually are the top 100, which is what I assume Callis and Mayo do since they're prospects guys and not media analysts. Feel free to disagree with them, but you've got this jumbled. Linking content is not evidence of a plot to ignore baseball potential in favor of "click potential."
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I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Friedl KILLED the ball in his first four games. He slugged 1.250 in those four games with a .563 average. That's a .687 IsoP.
In the final 25 games he slugged .438 with a .314 average. That is a .124 IsoP.
I know, I'm making small samples of an already small sample, but one of those jives a lot more with the scouting reports than the others. I like the bat speed, and I certainly think he's got more pop than say, Billy Hamilton. But in order for him to be a Top 100 caliber guy after 2017, he's going to need to either hit for significantly more power than he's projected to, or hit .350 and steal 40 bags. The profile just isn't there for him to make that kind of leap unless something in that profile dramatically changes, or he just outplays the crap out of his tools.
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The fact that Aquino is 22nd, outpaced by Alf Rod by a good 16 slots, tells you all you need to know about MLB pipeline.
You're 100% right about Tebow. Yet I'm not sure how "click potential" would be any factor let alone a very big one. No one knows these kids until they're high draft picks or highly rated prospects. Even then, it's a fairly small slice of baseball fans that follow these things. Their name value is fairly minimal. What's going to get you the most clicks is constructing the best list. As these kids do well, people will want to read more about them (including back content like scouting reports). If you pick kids whose baseball potential is nothing but vapor, no one's going to want to read about them.
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If Friedl becomes a 4th/5th OF and reserve CF with some hit ability off the bench in a couple of years he'll be pretty valuable IMO. More will be gravy.
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I like him a lot. I bet he would be an early second-rounder (at the latest) if he was in the 2017 draft.
I hope he skips Dayton and goes straight to Daytona, and I think that is what will happen. He's the same age as Senzel/Okey who will also be in Daytona most likely.
My expectation is that Friedl will end up being a decent starting MLB OF.
The plan, as I have heard from various sources, including one who, let's just say, has a pretty important vote, is for the Dayton outfield to be Trammell-Friedl-Siri. Plans do sometimes change, even after guys get off the plane in their assigned city. Heck, two years ago, Nolan Becker was on the Dayton bus heading to the first game when he was told he would be moved up a level. Last year, Jesus Reyes arrived in Dayton and got moved down after the first workout. But Friedl is expected to go to Dayton.
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