https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...-10-prospects/
Elly De La Cruz comes in @ #1.
Jay Allen #10.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...-10-prospects/
Elly De La Cruz comes in @ #1.
Jay Allen #10.
Love that both players made the list.
Shocked that Confidan didn't.
I've apparently undervalued Allen. His speed/ power combination and apparent ability to stick in CF is nice to see, as is his patience at the plate and K:BB (12:8 in 75 PA).
Jay Allen is underrated...that cat is special. I like Elly but I'm higher on Jay Allen. The only thing that might make Elly higher is if he is truly an elite defender at SS. That part I do not know.
Last edited by DocRed; 09-29-2021 at 07:39 PM.
M2 (09-29-2021)
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
DocRed (09-30-2021)
I have to keep reminding myself that he's 18 too.
Lots of young guys in Arizona who hit the ball with authority.
Allen, Confidan, Andruw Salcedo (whom I like as well as any of them based on production alone), Braylin Minier-- all were 18 this season. De La Cruz, Jackson Miller (who got injured early), and Yassel Pino were 19.
All of them showed something interesting and almost assuredly will be in low A Daytona to begin next season. (Or in De La Cruz's case, perhaps higher.)
With McLain, Torres, Johnson and Minier, I'm not sure Elly's going to get a lot of SS looks. Then again, if he and Hinds are playing on the same team he probably gets a lot of SS looks. Though 3B is thin in the organization beyond those two. I dig the CF idea. He'd insta-erase Michael Siani.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Elly-Soriano
Allen- Crawford
Ceiling comps of course
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