Prospect review-risers

[Chad Turner]

I think we have one of the best pitching pipelines around.  Here are our young studs:  

Eury Pérez 21 yrs old- How can you not list him here?  He just turned 21 and has an ETA of 2025.  He' already proven himself at the highest level and has everything you would want in an ace.  We won't get credit for him on any prospect lists, but when you talk about our future rotation, he's #1.  

Max Meyer 25- I hear his off speed stuff is progressing.  He's a dog, and has ace mentality and upside.  Can his arm hold up?  Will he prove that he's good enough to pencil in to our '25 rotation?  I think so.  The problem is that he should graduate before the next wave of rankings.  

Noble Meyer 19- If he keeps this up in A+, how is he not a top 50 prospect nationally?  

Thomas White 19- Who's better - him or Noble?  Both are the same age, similar arsenals, and similar results.  Another top 50 guy.  

Karson Milbrandt 20- He's only a half year older than White and Meyer and a half step ahead.  He may have the best fastball of the bunch, but still has control issues.  At least the ERA is down, but he has some work to do to be considered a top 5 prospect.  The upside is there though.  

Jacob Miller 20- What an exciting A+ SP lineup with these 4 studs.   His ERA is down, but his WHIP is up.  I still think he will get moved up a little in rankings.  

Emmett Olson 22- having a nice season.

Jake Brooks 22- It's hard not to mention a guy with a sub 2 ERA and a nice WHIP, but he's older and the Ks aren't there.  He must be inducing a ton of soft contact though.

Keyner Benitez Just turned 18- Exciting!  Can he be the next Eury?  Perhaps that's too lofty, but I can see him becoming a top 10 prospect really soon. 

Juan De La Cruz 19- Wow! His stats in his first 5 starts are jaw dropping.  I can't believe Benitez and others were promoted before him.  

Clearly having 2 DSL teams and a better International program is paying dividends on the pitching side.  Dishmey and  Mendez are 2 more 19 yr olds who are already in full season ball.  Cesar and Castillo also need to be evaluated to possibly make the top 30.  And I haven't even mentioned anyone actually pitching in the DSL yet.   It really couldn't be going much better in the low minors with pitching.  

Anthony Maldonado 26- He is also having a nice year, but will likely graduate soon and get passed up by all this young talent.  

Nigel Belgrave 22- We even have our future closer!  Sub 1 ERA and has been un-hittable.  There are a bunch of other relievers with sick stats, and I would love to know which ones are highly viewed by the org, but I don't have the bandwidth to speculate.  

Hitters:  Somehow, our farm prospects have managed to get worse at the plate.  There's just not much good news here.  

X Edwards 24- graduation is imminent, if it hasn't happened already.  Hopefully he's our SS for the next 5 years!

Vic Mesa Jr 22- Decent season so far but not the kind that will force the Marlins to promote him.  

Dillon Head 19- I'll mention him again just because I believe he will be top 5 by default. Hopefully he proves he's worthy.  

Yiddi Cappe 21- He still has time, but it doesn't look like he's ever going to add excess value at the plate.

Luis Cova 17- I hate having to cheer for 17 year olds!  What are the odds that he ever dawns a Sugar Kings hat?  

Javier Sanoja 21- The only thing worse than crossing your fingers that a 17 year old will make your dreams come true is having to root for a guy that is 5'7 150 to be the hero.  We need big tome bats and he is a jumbo shrimp.  

Joe Mack 21- I love this guy.  He's a dog.  Not sure why he's been DHing so much.  He needs to stick at catcher.   

Will Banfield 24- I probably should have put him in the other category.  He's giving up a bunch of stolen bases and in a slump.  

Mark Coley 23- He got me all excited batting .375 in April, then stunk up the joint in May with a .141 average, which has carried over to June.  Typical for a Marlins prospect.  

Ryan Ignoffo 23- He converted to catcher this year and seems to be doing a decent job for his first year there.  He's hitting well too, but has a long road ahead from A ball and he turns 24 next month.

There are some guys hitting in the FCL, but not the heralded ones, so I know nothing about them.  

I would definitely say that my top 30 list will contain about 20 pitchers and only 10 hitters. We still have a problem.  I'll give that list a try next. 

 

[Ely Sussman]

Mack should stick at catcher. Only DH-ing so much because Pensacola still wants to give reps to both McIntosh and Hostetler. Not an indictment of Mack, just a consequence of the roster construction.

[Slacker Mills]

Agree with your observation that none of the system's hitters are progressing. This is on the new Bendix team for sure and just another reason to loathe what they aren't accomplishing.

[One Regend]

19 hours ago, Slacker Mills said:

Agree with your observation that none of the system's hitters are progressing. This is on the new Bendix team for sure and just another reason to loathe what they aren't accomplishing.

Or maybe those prospects were never really that great to begin with. I wouldn't necessarily pin the blame on Bendix here, as these weren't his prospects. But if our new wave of prospects in the 2024 draft (and beyond) start floundering, then I'd give Bendix's team the side-eye.