The first being that there are some questions on if he outgrows short and has to move to third. Jalin Flores, Brandeis HS (TX) - Jalin Flores is a tough prospect to figure out exactly where he will go in the draft for multiple reasons.
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Ritter only has to figure out how to hit a little in order to be a solid big leaguer with his skill set, but he has a long way to go there as evidence by his 68 strikeouts in 262 plate appearances this spring despite the fact he isn’t a real power threat.
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He’s a guy that has some questions about the overall impact on his bat, but he is a plus defender with a plus arm and borderline plus speed. Ryan Ritter, Kentucky - Ryan Ritter wasn’t a significant prospect out of high school, but a breakout fall of his freshman year put him on the radar for teams. There doesn’t seem to be a great way to float a shortstop as an overslot second round pick past all of the teams with comp picks that also have huge bonus pools, so it looks like the smart money is the Braves going pitching early. Aside from a couple of outlier mocks, the Braves have been connected to arms in the first round. Secondly, and this is something you will hear often from us, all of the indications are that the Braves are targeting college pitching in this draft. Honestly, I can’t say that they would be as Young’s below-average power and Williams’ listed 5’8 size plus questions about him having the arm to stick at short are worth giving up the flexibility on the next two days.
If it comes down to it and Williams or Young is the best player on the board, the Braves would then have to decide if they think that player was worth his asking price or whether they should take the savings to go overslot on guys on the next two days of the draft. Neto is probably the least expensive, but is also the least likely of the three to even be available considering he has proven himself at the college level and has the best power of the trio. Young and Williams as prep shortstops seem more likely to be available than Neto who seems to have a lot of helium at the moment.įirst round shortstops don’t come cheap, especially prep options with commitments to schools that make teams pay an extra premium like Williams ( Mississippi State signee) and Young (Duke signee). That group includes Zach Neto, Cole Young, and Jett Williams, each bringing a potentially plus hit tool. You can forget about the big names - the Termarr Johnson, Brooks Lee, Jackson Holliday group - as there is no chance they will be there, but one of the guys in the second tier of first round shortstops could end up as the best player available at the top of the Braves board. The main reason the Braves would take a shortstop early this year is because there is a fair chance that a shortstop is the best player available when the Braves get on the clock. Below, you will find our thoughts on the Braves’ options at shortstop in the 2022 MLB Draft.
No, this is not meant to be exhaustive as that would take forever and be tedious to both read AND write. The way this works is that we are going position by position for each draft preview, running down the early round options and why they may or may not work for the Braves, and then giving a few names to keep an eye on for days two and three at each position. If you want to get a sense of what we have covered so far, here is a link to our second base draft preview that ran earlier this week.
#Braves shortstop series
Leading up to the draft, we are running a series where we run down each position and what the Braves may or may not do at each position when the 2022 MLB Draft kicks off on July 17.
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