Say, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the top prospects in the system are off to pretty nice starts! Maybe not sensational, but the top three prospects in the system (Marco Luciano, Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos) are all putting up wRC+ of 135 or above — in other words they’re all performing about 35-40% better than their leagues. And in two of those cases — with 19-year-old Luciano and 21-year-old Ramos — they’re doing so despite being one of the youngest players in their leagues. I said this yesterday about Ramos, the weekend didn’t jump out at you as sensational — 1 for 4 each day — but he reached base at least twice in each game and had an extra-base hit in each one (in fact, his last five hits have all gone for extra bases). That’s the kind of “unsensational” game lines that add up to a pretty sensational season over time.
Week 6 in Review: Who's Heating Up?
Week 6 in Review: Who's Heating Up?
Week 6 in Review: Who's Heating Up?
Say, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the top prospects in the system are off to pretty nice starts! Maybe not sensational, but the top three prospects in the system (Marco Luciano, Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos) are all putting up wRC+ of 135 or above — in other words they’re all performing about 35-40% better than their leagues. And in two of those cases — with 19-year-old Luciano and 21-year-old Ramos — they’re doing so despite being one of the youngest players in their leagues. I said this yesterday about Ramos, the weekend didn’t jump out at you as sensational — 1 for 4 each day — but he reached base at least twice in each game and had an extra-base hit in each one (in fact, his last five hits have all gone for extra bases). That’s the kind of “unsensational” game lines that add up to a pretty sensational season over time.