July 12th, 2019
Andrew Dewhirst
It’s midseason, and it’s time to review how my prospects are doing in top 100 lists. For the sake of this article, I am going to use the midseason top 100 published by Prospects Live(prospectslive.com). So here is who I have and how I got them.
6 – Luis Robert(Acquired in Javy Baez Trade)
11 – MacKenzie Gore(drafted)
14 – Luis Urias(drafted)
39 – Heliot Ramos(Acquired in Javy Baez Trade)
42 – Dylan Carlson(drafted)
44 – Jonathan India(drafted)
45 – Jordan Groshans(drafted)
46 – Dustin May(Acquired in Dakota Hudson Trade)
47 – Jesus Sanchez(Acquired in Dakota Hudson Trade)
56 – Alec Bohm(Acquired in Patrick Corbin Trade)
65 – Jordyn Adams(drafted)
66 – Alek Thomas(Acquired in Patrick Corbin Trade)
89 – Luis Garcia(Acquired in Roberto Osuna Trade)
So this breaks down as 6 drafted and 7 acquired through trade.11 Hitters and 2 pitchers So as you can see, I had to give up some valuable assets in Baez, Corbin and Osuna to get the majority of these players, but as you can see with the Hudson trade, sometimes you can catch a player trying to make a push, especially in a 30 team league, who gives up too much. But back to the players.
So there is a lot to be excited about here, particularly the quick ascension of Luis Robert. Lots of analysts were down on him coming into the year, but he has exploded through the minors so far this year, going from High A all the way to Triple A so far this year, which gives him a nice shot at being in the majors in 2020. Dylan Carlson, has also been exciting this year, he has leapt from a top 250 type prospect into the top 50, which is easily the biggest riser I have on this list.
This offseason will be one where decisions will need to be made. With this many top 100 prospects I can acquire some top players from teams that are heading into rebuilds, or I can continue down this road and shoot for the moon in 2021 or 2022 with potentially 7 or 8 impact players if I only have a 50% success rate. I know this isn’t the typical path as you take on a lot of risk, but the reward here could be very high as well. Surely mistakes will be made, but time will tell how bad those mistakes ultimately are.
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