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Braves sign #1 ranked international free agent Kevin Maitan today
Posted on 7/2/16 at 5:23 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 5:23 am
The consensus top player in the class who has drawn comparisons to Miguel Cabrera, Miguel Sano and Chipper Jones, among others. He is the best July 2nd prospect since Sano signed in 2009 and possibly since Cabrera signed out of Venezuela in 1999.
He will receive the largest bonus of any player ever to come out of Venezuela.
Other players expected to sign with the Braves today. Rankings via BaseballAmerica. Grades via MLBPipeline (20-80 scale)
1. Kevin Maitan, SS, Venezuela
Hit: 60 | Power: 60 | Run: 40 | Arm: 70 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $4.25 Million
8. Yunior Severino, SS, Dominican Republic
Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
15. Abrahan Gutierrez, C, Venezuela
Hit: 40 | Power: 40 | Run: 20 | Arm: 60 | Field: 70
Reported Bonus: $3.5 Million
16. Livan Soto, SS, Venezuela
Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 50 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
26. Yefri del Rosario, RHP, Dominican Republic
Reported Bonus: $800,000-$1 Million
32. Yenci Pena, SS, Dominican Republic
Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 55
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
41. Juan Contreras, RHP, Dominican Republic
Reported Bonus: $200,000
He will receive the largest bonus of any player ever to come out of Venezuela.
Other players expected to sign with the Braves today. Rankings via BaseballAmerica. Grades via MLBPipeline (20-80 scale)
1. Kevin Maitan, SS, Venezuela
Hit: 60 | Power: 60 | Run: 40 | Arm: 70 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $4.25 Million
8. Yunior Severino, SS, Dominican Republic
Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
15. Abrahan Gutierrez, C, Venezuela
Hit: 40 | Power: 40 | Run: 20 | Arm: 60 | Field: 70
Reported Bonus: $3.5 Million
16. Livan Soto, SS, Venezuela
Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 50 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
26. Yefri del Rosario, RHP, Dominican Republic
Reported Bonus: $800,000-$1 Million
32. Yenci Pena, SS, Dominican Republic
Hit: 55 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 55
Reported Bonus: $1 Million
41. Juan Contreras, RHP, Dominican Republic
Reported Bonus: $200,000
This post was edited on 7/3/16 at 2:05 am
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Posted on 7/2/16 at 5:44 am to volfan30
Also here is my mid-season updated prospect list (analysis coming later). Could really go 40 or 50 deep with legit MLB prospects.
1. Dansby Swanson, SS, AA Mississippi
2. Ozzie Albies, 2B, AA Mississippi
3. Sean Newcomb, LHP, AA Mississippi
4. Kolby Allard, LHP, Rk Danville
5. Kevin Maitan, SS, Just Signed
6. Mike Soroka, RHP, A Rome
7. Max Fried, LHP, A Rome
8. Ian Anderson, RHP, GCL Braves
9. Joey Wentz, LHP, GCL Braves
10. Ronald Acuna, OF, A Rome
11. Touki Toussaint, RHP, A Rome
12. Dustin Peterson, OF, AA Mississippi
13. Derian Cruz, SS, GCL Braves
14. Lucas Sims, RHP, AA Mississippi
15. Austin Riley, 3B, A Rome
16. Tyrell Jenkins, RHP, MLB Atlanta
17. Chris Ellis, RHP, AAA Gwinnett
18. Braxton Davidson, OF, A+ Carolina
19. Kyle Muller, LHP, GCL Braves
20. Rio Ruiz, 3B, AAA Gwinnett
21. Brett Cumberland, C, GCL Braves
22. Ricardo Sanchez, LHP, A Rome
23. A.J. Minter, LHP, A+ Carolina
24. Patrick Weigel, RHP, A Rome
25. Max Povse, RHP, A+ Carolina
26. Juan Yepez, 1B, A Rome
27. Isranel Wilson, OF, Rk Danville
28. Lucas Herbert, C, A Rome
29. John Gant, RHP, MLB Atlanta
30. Rob Whalen, RHP, AA Mississippi
31. Akeel Morris, RHP, AA Mississippi
32. Manny Banuelos, LHP, AAA Gwinnett
33. Drew Harrington, LHP, Rk Danville
34. Caleb Dirks, RHP, AA Mississippi
35. Mauricio Cabrera, RHP, MLB Atlanta
1. Dansby Swanson, SS, AA Mississippi
2. Ozzie Albies, 2B, AA Mississippi
3. Sean Newcomb, LHP, AA Mississippi
4. Kolby Allard, LHP, Rk Danville
5. Kevin Maitan, SS, Just Signed
6. Mike Soroka, RHP, A Rome
7. Max Fried, LHP, A Rome
8. Ian Anderson, RHP, GCL Braves
9. Joey Wentz, LHP, GCL Braves
10. Ronald Acuna, OF, A Rome
11. Touki Toussaint, RHP, A Rome
12. Dustin Peterson, OF, AA Mississippi
13. Derian Cruz, SS, GCL Braves
14. Lucas Sims, RHP, AA Mississippi
15. Austin Riley, 3B, A Rome
16. Tyrell Jenkins, RHP, MLB Atlanta
17. Chris Ellis, RHP, AAA Gwinnett
18. Braxton Davidson, OF, A+ Carolina
19. Kyle Muller, LHP, GCL Braves
20. Rio Ruiz, 3B, AAA Gwinnett
21. Brett Cumberland, C, GCL Braves
22. Ricardo Sanchez, LHP, A Rome
23. A.J. Minter, LHP, A+ Carolina
24. Patrick Weigel, RHP, A Rome
25. Max Povse, RHP, A+ Carolina
26. Juan Yepez, 1B, A Rome
27. Isranel Wilson, OF, Rk Danville
28. Lucas Herbert, C, A Rome
29. John Gant, RHP, MLB Atlanta
30. Rob Whalen, RHP, AA Mississippi
31. Akeel Morris, RHP, AA Mississippi
32. Manny Banuelos, LHP, AAA Gwinnett
33. Drew Harrington, LHP, Rk Danville
34. Caleb Dirks, RHP, AA Mississippi
35. Mauricio Cabrera, RHP, MLB Atlanta
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 8:14 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 6:20 am to volfan30
I was gonna mention the other day but forgot, but holy shite Jenkins has an incredible pickoff move
Posted on 7/2/16 at 6:34 am to VADawg
We have a lot of guys with excellent moves. Jenkins is very good. Julio has that balk move that has been excellent for years.
And Max Fried probably has the best move in all of baseball. He has 16 pickoffs this year (96 baserunners allowed). No team has more than 10 at the big league level.
Almost a 20% chance of getting picked off if you reach.
And Max Fried probably has the best move in all of baseball. He has 16 pickoffs this year (96 baserunners allowed). No team has more than 10 at the big league level.
Almost a 20% chance of getting picked off if you reach.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:00 am to volfan30
Maitan is official
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:02 am to lsu31always
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 8:03 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:05 am to Caplewood
Braves have stolen Yefri del Rosario from the Indians.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:13 am to volfan30
Severino and Gutierrez are in
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:14 am to volfan30
Hopefully, we can get back to the 90's days
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:27 am to volfan30
Maitan slides in to my rankings at #5. He is likely most talented guy in system, but at 16 still 4 or so years away from the big leagues.
Will most likely start as a borderline top 100 prospect overall. Should be fun to watch him shoot up those lists and through the system.
Will most likely start as a borderline top 100 prospect overall. Should be fun to watch him shoot up those lists and through the system.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:39 am to volfan30
quote:
Also here is my mid-season updated prospect list (analysis coming later). Could really go 40 or 50 deep with legit MLB prospects.
Yep, your list doesn't even include guys like Pache and Ventura, who are really interesting prospects. Though I think both will be much higher on your list at years end.
Looking at your list I just really realized how many potential TOR lefty starters we have in the pipeline between Allard, Newcomb, Fried, Wentz, and Muller. That's pretty nice.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:42 am to auyushu
Pache and Bird were my next 2. Pache in particular could easily slide in that 30-35 range.
Ventura is one I'm watching closely. Obviously he has 80 speed, but I'm interested to see what else he does the rest of the way in the GCL.
Ventura is one I'm watching closely. Obviously he has 80 speed, but I'm interested to see what else he does the rest of the way in the GCL.
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 8:46 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:58 am to volfan30
Wow, with that bonus he could literally buy Venezuela from Madero now.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 8:58 am to volfan30
quote:
Obviously he has 80 speed, but I'm interested to see what else he does the rest of the way in the GCL.
Yep, be interesting to see if he maintains the contact skills and the walk rate he had last year in the DSL. If he can maintain a decent walk rate he's an extremely interesting player with that crazy speed.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 9:05 am to auyushu
You know shite's cray in Venezuela when Baseball America won't report signing bonuses for players from that country. Such a messed up world.
Glad Braves are cashing in on some top talent today.
Glad Braves are cashing in on some top talent today.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 9:36 am to volfan30
quote:
We have a lot of guys with excellent moves. Jenkins is very good. Julio has that balk move that has been excellent for years.
I mentioned that because I was watching the game where Gant was injured and Jenkins had to come in for long relief. He pitched ok, made one bad pitch that Lonnie Chisenhall hit to Tennessee, but Jenkins had Francisco Lindor mindfricked over on first base before he picked him off
Posted on 7/2/16 at 10:02 am to volfan30
Where and when will these guys start playing now that they've signed?
Posted on 7/2/16 at 10:32 am to Patron Saint
Dominican summer league most likely.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 9:09 pm to lsu31always
Coppy said instructs in October and GCL next June.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 10:19 pm to volfan30
What your saying is the Braves will develop him nicely and trade him in some deal for a past him prime player all while they help another team be successful.
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