If more power develops, Milkar Perez could be a very exciting prospect, and an impact player in Seattle for years to come. Smart baseball turning it into a 2B. 2022 MLB Draft Scouting Report for RHP Landon Sims, 2022 MLB Draft Scouting Report & Interview with Elijah Green, Age: 19 yrHeight: 6-0Weight: 215 lbsHits/Throws: R/RAcquired: 2019 IFARuleV: 2024. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League, LIDOM), Last year, I wrote about the possibility that Gilbert would experience a velo rebound in pro ball because I thought he had been overtaxed at Stetson. Blake Townsend, LHP In 147 plate appearances, the El Limon product owns a 155 wRC+ and .445 wOBA, while walking 15% of the time. Its a 40-man look, to be sure. (Alternate site), Delaplane has power, vertical action stuff that I think is going to play in a high-leverage relief role. Perez was signed for just $175k in 2018, making his professional debut in 2019. }); Grouped by type and listed in order of preference within each category. Townsend is a strong-bodied teenage Aussie up to 93 with a shot for an above-average slurve. (Fall Instructional League), Campbell was granted a medical redshirt in 2017 because of surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. Accurate and reliable. Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Seattle Mariners. By Ben Badler. Results from this level should be taken lightly, even if they are doing extremely well. but the Mariners signed 17-year-old third baseman Milkar Perez i n July for . During several spring looks he failed to make plays on balls that Id expect an average center fielder to make, especially fly balls in the gap that ideally your center fielder runs down. Soft hands and big arm allow inefficiencies to play down. The future looks interesting for Baylor, who was recently removed from Baseball Americas Top 30 Phillies prospects likely due to his age and injury history. Only Brash, Then, Hancock, and Dollard were at the alternate site in Tacoma, so it will be the first full exposure to club work for most of the players since March. Theres big time variance here and the arrow is pointing up. The Nicaragua native was directly impacted by the cancellation of the 2020 season, pushing back his stateside debut. Kerr is a late-bloomer who came into big velo ahead of the pandemic. Should develop well as he ages. An undrafted free agent who was signed out of Indy ball with the notion that hed eventually be an in-office contributor, Haberer cruised through A-Ball and is now in the upper levels at age 24 and throwing very hard. Soft hands and big arm allow inefficiencies to play down. Aaron Fletcher, LHP One of Seattles stated post-draft goals for the right-hander was to make him stronger. His timeline during the 2021 minor league spring training ramp up was behind the other top guys in the system, probably due to expected workload increases. His approach and plate coverage in the Dominican were bad, and his swings front foot variability, which I wrote about last year, was gone. Backfield Targets Dom Thompson-Williams, OF The post-Bregman AL West starts in 2025 provided there isnt another extension. Physical Description:Big, broad body with sloping shoulders and strong, thick lower half. The slider and velocity give him an impact relief floor (assuming health) but remember that were talking about a small school prospect who missed what would have been his first full pro season of development due to the pandemic. Nicaragua activated 3B Milkar Perez. Williams might take a few reps at 1B, though his main concern will be getting his bat back in order as he returns to game speed. The Phils have developed a reputation of not developing talent, which could stem from their lack of ability to draft. Big forearms. but was able to throw last fall in the instructional league, Mariners starting pitching is being overlooked by MLB, Baking the Cake: An Adjusted Mariners Offseason Plan, Taylor Trammell Could Provide Impact to 2023 Mariners, What Jerry Dipotos trades, comments mean for remainder of Mariners offseason, Mariners Select Chris Clarke in Rule 5 Draft. Milkar Perez Stats & Scouting Report - Baseball America Find Another Player Milkar Perez 3B | Mariners ACL Mariners Name: Milkar Perez Born: Oct 16, 2001 in Leon, Nicaragua Ht. Grade:40, Arm:Big arm. The difference between Perez and some of the other guys is Milkars arm, a 60 or 70 on the scale, that might mask future issues with his lateral range. Hes consistently been in the 92-96 range as a lower-minors closer. Attacks pitches high with confidence. Milkar Perez. Seattle drafted him in the second round, gave him $2 million, and Carlson made two starts in the AZL before he was quickly shut down. Remember that he was once a 60 FV prospect on here, one who looked like a shockingly polished low-minors hitter with an old school leadoff mans skillset. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Eric Longenhagen is from Catasauqua, PA and currently lives in Tempe, AZ. Milkar Perez was signed by the Mariners out of the Dominican Republic in 2019. Kelenics size at his age may eventually push him to the 1B/DH realm, or at least cause him to slow down and be below-average in an outfield corner. The Mariners and Stoudt used his TJ rehab to rework his slider shape. Age: 19 yrHeight: 6-0Weight: 215 lbsHits/Throws: R/RAcquired: 2019 IFARuleV: 2024. He also showed up for 2021 spring training having lost a bunch of weight and running a full grade better than he did in 2019 and 20; hes once again an average runner from home to first. . Clase is another name to keep an eye on and will probably climb up the rankings quickly. Gerber debuted last season and will be an important part of the pen again this year. (At-home dev), Clase packs quite a punch for someone his size, and his swing is very short but also geared for some lift. Transaction. Connor Hoover, INF. About this item. (Fall Instructional League), Stoudt is a probable relief prospect with a plus changeup who went lower in the 2019 draft than his talent suggested because the industry knew he needed TJ after signing. He had Tommy John and had a season wiped away by the pandemic, all of which piled up to nearly four years between when Carlson threw his last pitch in affiliated ball in 2017 to when he threw his next one, at Low-A in early 2021. (Alternate site), Macko was a 2019 seventh round high schooler who was drafted because of his proclivity for spin and his physical projection. Murfee is the current minor leaguer most likely to be a GM based on what people in and out of the org say about his aptitude for learning and implementation. Macko doesnt turn 21 until the very end of the calendar year. Daniel Kramer said Stoudt wowed Mariners staff with his mid-90s fastball and developing changeup. The Mariners will most likely start him at Low-A next season, which will be a big test against more advanced pitching talent. Latest on Seattle Mariners third baseman Milkar Perez including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN. His swing-happy 2020 was an indication that adjustments might slow his ascent through the system but hes already begun to make them. Scout the Stat Line: Projected Top 1,000 Prospects, End of May Update Sam Carlson has also taken a major drop and is the 25th ranked prospect. Even with fairly vanilla secondary stuff, mid-90s heat and Kirbys potential for elite command gives him a mid-rotation ceiling. Kaden Polcovich is about 5-foot-8, but hes also pound-for-pound the strongest prospect I saw during minor league spring training in Arizona. I buy that the velo will be there in short stints and that both breaking balls, assuming the slider returns, will be plus. Penn Murfee, RHP After a really rough sophomore year at A&M, DeLoach won the Cape batting title and got off to a raucous start to 2020 that included him hitting for more power than ever before. Jake Anchia has a great defensive reputation, and some excellent college numbers, but hes not made nearly enough contact to get to his strength-based power so far. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Kelenic rakes. Scott Boches, RHP They are, however, very athletic. The strike-throwing and secondary consistency are present issues, too. excited to see more of him and his tweets this season. Taylor Trammell is the most experienced player in this crew in the high minors, albeit not the eldest, with Dom Thompson-Williams getting to make up for a bit of lost time after his season was cut short by a torn Achilles. (Alternate site), I have a lot of high-ceiling, up-the-middle types sprinkled around 70th overall on the universal list, and I think you can make arguments to order them a few different ways. 3B Milkar Perez and assigned to Seattle Mariners. His footwork in the box is very quiet but he still ambushes fastballs on the inner half and has big power in the alley to his pull side. He popped anywhere from 1.9 to 2.04 for me during the spring, but Raleighs throws tend to drift away from the bag. Now hes been up to 101 and is sitting 95-97. He spent the summer before his draft year sitting in the low-90s and working with a better changeup and better command than is typical for a cold-weather, two-way player. For further explanation of Future Values merits and drawbacks, read Future Value. Should develop well as he ages. Hell be joined by 2020 second rounder Zach DeLoach, as well as 19 year old Alberto Rodriguez, who was the return in the Taijuan Walker trade but has yet to face competition above rookie ball. It can be found here. Its not a demographic Id spend finite resources like early draft picks on (Tyler Keenan) since hitters who mash at the upper levels like the names I mentioned earlier a) are closer to the bigs and therefore safer bets to actually hit than any college guy and b) can be easily leveraged off of clogged 40-man rosters. He does have a plus changeup and throws an obnoxious rate of strikes, which almost always is enough to be some kind of contributor on a pitching staff. The 8.3% increase in walk rate has been encouraging, with his strikeout rate remaining the same. Theyll sit at the upper-levels and provide viable innings if a rash of injuries occur. Marte is the lone true shortstop in this group, but we should see some of Polcovich there, as well as slight surprise inclusion Patrick Frick. Already a fringy runner. His combo of repertoire depth (though hes been exclusively fastball/slider so far in the big leagues) and command are both rare for a reliever, and I think he has a chance to have some peak years akin to those that Luke Gregerson, Steve Cishek, Brad Ziegler, and other low slot relievers who closed in recent seasons have had. And Im pretty confident about him getting to most of the power in games. Basically his swinging strike rates against all pitches (hes seen about 500 of them already) are all below-average. Well have a much better idea of Baylors trajectory next year in full season ball. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { (Fall Instructional League), A physical, lefty corner bat with some thump, Rodriguez generated average big league exit velos as a teenager in the 2019 GCL while with Toronto. A little sluggish out of the box. Dcosta is a really athletic teenage righty who was sitting 84 when he signed and is now sitting about 90. There was no outlook written for Milkar Perez in 2023. (Fall Instructional League), Its not as if Williamson didnt show plus stuff at TCU he would be parked at 92-93 in the first inning or two, and flash two plus breaking balls. #Mariners Milkar Perez continues to rack up hits in the ACL!This double is his 32nd hit and this just shows how good he is at using the whole field #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/o5jVeaRNjA. Advanced approach for young player. Hes a sinker/changeup up/down reliever. 2023 Top 200 Draft Prospects 2023 Top 100 College Prospects He spent the fall cleaning up his swing, which possessed multiple hitches, and improved on his already advanced bat-to-ball skills. He did, however, struggle to hold it deep into starts, and by the fourth, he was often living in the 88-91 range. Im inclined to take the under on the hype and justifiably good feelings surrounding his return. Gabriel Gonzalez, LF Grade:50, Field:Current athleticism allows the body to handle 3B, though there are concerns he'll grow/age out of the role. NFL College Football NBA MLB World Baseball Classic USFL FIFA Women's World Cup. Its an interesting group; you can see that theres a world where Marte or Rodriguez is ready and joins with some of the pitching prospects and Kelenic to build a foundation in the post-Bregman / post-Chapman AL West. Macko was the seventh-round pick by Seattle in the 2019 draft and had a solid 2019 minor league season. Goes well the other way with pitches on the outside corner. Check out our 2020 Player Development Fall League roster https://t.co/GXSOqD16t4 pic.twitter.com/X6MviuzTDw. As I already noted, Jake Fraley is not in the top 10 which I fully agree with. Related Story. Juan even passed Brandon Williamson who is the #10 prospect once again. Then Kirby sat 97-99 throughout his time at the alt site and again during the spring of 2021. One of the older players in the Florida Complex League, Baylor just turned 21-years-old. Its fun to watch Dipoto run the team the way he wants. Remember who we got in return for Taijuan Walker? (Alternate site), A big-bodied, lefty power prospect, Aguilar had among the most present raw power in the 2021 international signing class, but because of how big he is already, theres a real possibility that he ends up at first base. (Fall Instructional League), Keenan performed all three years at Ole Miss, slashing .306/.420/.550 during his career there. May end up in LF or 1B. While missing a year hurt, Perez is still very young, and is finally filling into his body. Described by many as a true shortstop, Acosta is as exciting and athletic as it gets. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. 3B Milkar Perez assigned to ACL Mariners from Modesto Nuts. His prospect stock is tied heavily to his statistical performance. Carlson was a revered two-way high school prospect committed to Florida even though he was from Minnesota. Fricks main position has been SS, though a lack of power is a limiting factor on his future prospects unless he makes some strides. I simply dont think he was seeing a high concentration of big league velocity at that time, and a significant weakness went unexposed until Trammell began to face upper-level competition and his performance changed. He may spend the whole year on the Ms roster so that they can turn him into an up/down bullpen piece and hope to catch lightning in a bottle down the line. The 19-year-old is labeled as a work-in-progress on defense, with quick hands and a very strong arm, but limited range. So long as he stays healthy, Campbell is a low-variance backend starter. Sweet has fastball command, fastball ride, and a plus changeup. His well-located sliders are easily plus. November 20, 2019: 3B Milkar Perez assigned to AZL Mariners from DSL Mariners. A better changup (or some other third pitch) will be needed, as well. 02/09/2023. Height 5'11". The MLB just announced the top 10 farm systems as well as the top 30 prospects in the Mariners organization. Grade:45, Power:Frame suggests power profile in his future, but lacks impact currently. Perez is still just 20-years-old and will probably make his way back as more of the MLB-ready players leave the list. light. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, But often elite command of what is a 55-grade pitch in a vacuum leads to elite results (see: Bieber, Shane), and I think that sort of secondary pitch effectiveness is possible for Kirby. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our own observations. Ability to stay in shape will dictate future on dirt. Grade:40. Last but not least, Joey Gerber is in the top 30 as the 30th ranked prospect. Arias has performed as a pro, striking out 160 hitters in 116 frames. Overall, there was a lot of movement in the rankings this year which can be good, and bad. I thought it made more sense to draw on Rodrguezs stint with Escogido rather than whatever he did at the Mariners alternate site last year after he returned from his broken wrist (which he suffered in mid-July, Julios second fracture in his left hand/wrist area), where he saw the same handful of pitchers over and over again in a non-competitive environment. Boches is a spin/ride mid-90s relief arm, Duron has more arm strength and is up to 97 but with fewer underlying traits to bolster it, and Kober is a heavy sinker submariner who has missed bats. Perez has a swing that will need to be updated to fit his added strength and bulk.

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