#Fangraphs bryce ball pro#
#Fangraphs bryce ball professional#
#Fangraphs bryce ball series#

It was a near-perfect start to his career, with the only bit of criticism being that Ball walked just 26 times in 263 PA (a walk-rate of roughly 4%). In 62 total games between Danville and Rome, the Iowa native belted 17 homers, 52 RBI and posted a 1.023 OPS (his OPS in ’19 at DBU was 1.057).

#Fangraphs bryce ball professional#

Overall, Ball’s 2019 professional debut was almost identical to his big year at DBU. Ball only had time to play 21 games there, but by season’s end, he added four more homers to his 2019 total and ended the year with a. His first two games in Rome featured a 5 for 10 stretch with 3 doubles, and after a week, his batting line sat at a still-impressive. 324/.410/.676 slash-line, 13 home runs and 38 RBI in 41 games, Ball was promoted to full-season ball, joining Single-A Rome (which is now High-A).Īdvancing a level didn’t seem to matter to Ball. By August, the Braves had seen enough, and thanks to a. 389 AVG and five homers in just his first 10 contests. In Danville, he proceeded to homer in his second game, tallying two hits in each of his first three professional contests, including a. That type of power allowed Ball to skip the complex-level Gulf Coast League as Atlanta sent him straight to Rookie-Advanced Danville.īall never let up. The over-slot was well deserved too, given the 20-year-old lefty-hitter was coming off a collegiate season at Dallas Baptist in which he hit. Over the years, college first basemen tend to not fare so well in the draft, and in 2019, Ball fell all the way to the 24th round, though signing for $197,500 (money usually given to 7-8th round player). Either way you slice it, this is no doubt one of the 20 best prospects in the Braves organization… and I strongly believe he’ll move inside the top 10 before the ’21 campaign concludes. 24 prospect in their final 2020 rankings last season, and last week Talking Chop had Ball 20th in their 2021 preseason list. For comparison, FanGraphs listed Ball as the Braves no.

#Fangraphs bryce ball pro#

Given the position he’s in - potentially the team’s future star at first base and possibly Freddie Freeman’s replacement one day, plus the fact that Ball put up such incredible numbers during 2019 - last year was the perfect opportunity for the slugger to prove that his pro debut was no fluke.Īlthough, whether you think it WAS a fluke or not, the general opinion of Ball shouldn’t have changed, and it most certainly hasn’t for us as we have him cracking Atlanta’s top 15.

The cancelation of minor league baseball in 2020 hurt Bryce Ball perhaps more than any other Braves prospect.

Potential risers and under-the-radar prospects for 2021.

#Fangraphs bryce ball series#

Also, catch up on our profile series if you’ve missed the latest write-ups. Now to the third installment of this year’s Braves prospect profile series, we turn our attention to perhaps one of the system’s most imposing young hitters, first base prospect, Bryce Ball.Ĭheck out the site’s updated Top 30 list, as well as my post on the organization’s potential under-the-radar prospects for 2021.