![]() ![]() 213/.310/.410 in 142 major-league plate appearances between 20, and that was the only chance he got, as the Rays traded him to Seattle after the latter season. By the time he was 24 what speed he’d had was largely gone, he wasn’t able to play shortstop, and he wasn’t hitting the ball with enough authority to profile anywhere else. His disappointing junior season at Arizona State wasn’t a blip, but a sign that he’d peaked at age 19 or 20. I was too high on Marrero, thinking he would stay at shortstop and hit for average, but he did neither in pro ball. He spent parts of six seasons in Triple A, mostly with Cleveland, but never got on base or hit for any power and has been out of baseball since 2018. The rumor is that the Cardinals were about to take Marcus Stroman with this pick, but when the Jays took him one pick before their turn, the Cards panicked and ended up with Ramsey. Ramsey was the first player taken who wasn’t on my top 100 before the draft, a college senior at Florida State who could run but whose swing was tailor-made for the tin bats used in college. He never had the command and control required to start even in the upper minors, at one point walking 92 batters in 141 innings in Triple A. Sims has been a replacement-level reliever for the Reds ever since. Sims was the local kid, pitching at Brookwood High School in nearby Snellville, but only threw 67 innings for Atlanta before they traded him to Cincinnati with Matt Wisler and Preston Tucker for Adam Duvall. Stratton had a borderline-plus slider at Mississippi State and had a breakout junior year, but his stuff backed up almost immediately in pro ball and he couldn’t miss enough bats in the upper levels to be more than an emergency starter or a generic middle reliever, which is what he’s been for the Pirates for the last four years. 350 on-base percentage anywhere he played. Davis, OFĪ Mississippi high school outfielder with plus speed and a less-than-great swing, Davis never got out of A ball and failed to slug. Naquin is still in the majors with the Reds and his defensive skills, including a plus-plus arm, should keep him around for a while, but he doesn’t offer anything on offense – his 19 homers last year were a product of the Reds’ homer-friendly park, not a new skill level. ![]() Nick Travieso, RHPĪ high school right-hander out of Florida with big stuff and a rough delivery, Travieso underwent shoulder surgery in 2017 and threw just three innings afterward before the Reds released him. 48 overall), also failed to reach the majors, topping out in Double A with outrageous strikeout rates, as well. He reached Triple A for just 16 games with the Reds and has been playing in independent ball for the last four seasons. He needed a slow development track, not a fast one. 179/.249/.384 there with 160 strikeouts in 425 plate appearances (38 percent), and I don’t think he ever recovered from it. Hawkins was an extremely tooled-up high school outfielder from Corpus Christi, with a football body but very rough approach at the plate, so of course the White Sox sent him right to High A in his first full pro season. Gavin Cecchini (Joe Robbins / Getty Images) 297/.386/.432, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see him return to the majors at some point. He’s currently in Triple A for the Brewers, hitting. I was shocked the Rockies simply non-tendered Dahl after 2020 over just a few million dollars, but he was awful for the Rangers in 2021, so the Rockies’ decision looks good in hindsight. David Dahl, OFĭahl was a typical Rockies draft pick of the time, very toolsy and offering upside at a position up the middle, but his tenure there was marred by injuries, including a ruptured spleen, a broken foot, shoulder surgery and an ankle injury. The Pirates took the compensatory pick in 2013, selecting Austin Meadows, while Appel returned to Stanford and did, in fact, go 1-1 in 2013 to the Astros, although he has yet to reach the majors. The two sides were apparently never close. ![]() The Pirates never talked to Appel before the draft, and negotiations didn’t go well after, especially with preseason expectations that Appel would be in the mix at No. He also was never a very patient hitter, so all he really had to offer was some defensive value, leaving him little better than an extra outfielder. The Cubs bet heavily on Almora’s makeup, but I wonder if he’d have gone this high in the draft if we’d had better exit velocity data back in 2012, as one of Almora’s biggest problems in pro ball was that he didn’t make enough hard contact. ![]() It was really electric when it worked, though. He’s in Triple A for the Reds and has walked 18 batters in 12.2 innings. The Royals gave him many chances, and finally let him go after 2021. He missed essentially all of 20 with arm trouble, and more than half of 20. Zimmer was one of the best pitching prospects I’ve ever seen in person, but I also caught him at two rare moments of health. ![]()
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