Another righty prep arm that is long and lanky at 6'4" and under 200 pounds. That being said, even with a ceiling of a lights out closer, it's hard to put someone with a single pitch bullpen profile as anything but Tier None. Aaron Zavala - OF (Rangers, 1st Base and Auto, 38/93) - The Pac-12 Player of the Year has a whole lot going for him and I like it. Ben Kudrna - RHP (Royals, 1st Base only, 43/31) - While the Royals went way underslot with their first-round pick, Frank Mozzicato, they went way overslot with their second-round pick in Ben Kudrna. 2021 BOWMAN DRAFT BROOKS GOSSWEIN Chrome Prospect 1st Bowman Refractor Podcasts . A double plus slider with 12-6 break can be thrown for strikes in the zone are down in the zone for easy swing and misses. Trying not to be too optimistic here, but I am going to go out on a limb and I am guessing not many others will be on it with me and put Viars in Tier 2. I don't project Murphy being anything other than a reliever long term and he really needs to get at least a second reliable pitch to keep major league hitters from sitting on his heater. Resources Blogs Card Companies Card Shops Card Shows Completed Transactions Forums Glossary Pricing Release Dates. First is the Lava refractor. Will Levis: 2023 NFL Draft Prospect Profile | Fantasy News Slider flashes as a swing and miss pitch in the mid-80s. With his small sample size of Complex games in 2021, the Rockies had him mostly at catcher with the rest of his games at DH. If he does that, he easily jumps into Tier 2. Ryan Cusick - RHP (Braves, 1st Base and Auto, 24/24) - The Braves 1st round selection out of Wake Forest throws gas and has all of the under the cover stats to support what is overall a double plus fastball. 6'4" and all legs which seem to cause issues with consistency in his delivery and command. Go watch him mow down Vandy with 13 strikeouts in the Super Regional if you want to see how good he can be against a quality group of hitters. Matt Bowman - Wikipedia Changeup is his third offering, but is inconsistent and I didn't see him throw it much. Struggled against elite competition. International. The Cleveland pitching machine does give me pause and make me consider putting him up to Tier 3, but ultimately it feels like a floor of a backend starter with not much more of a ceiling than that. If not for that, he likely doesn't get past the single digits in round 1; in this case, he "fell" to the middle of round 1. With more comfort throwing his changeup regularly and improved command and control, Petty could step up into the SP1 conversation. He went from a low 90s fastball that looked relatively straight in 2020 to a 93-94 with movement. A back-end starter with a history of arm injuries is an easy Tier None decision until we see his return to the mound. Tier 3 - May have some hobby interest due to a single factor such as prospect pedigree, team interest, general hobby hype, an interesting carrying tool, etc. Clean, repeatable mechanics and an advanced for his age approach lessen the prep rightys risk. What we know is that the Braves still intend to develop him as a starting pitcher and has the potential to be a back end rotation piece with a mid-90s fastball, a low 80s slider, and an effective changeup. I really liked seeing him take quite a few pitches that would normally lock up a lefty high and tight and hitting them solidly to right field by easily keeping his arms close to the body with quick hands. Prospect Highlights. All in all, a defense-first Tier None player that will need to take big strides with the bat in his hand to move up the Tiers. Jordan McCants - SS (Marlins, 1st Base and Auto, 88/152) - Marlins 3rd selection out of the Florida prep ranks is a double plus runner and not much else. 2021 Bowman Draft 1st Edition Baseball Cards Checklist Watching a start of his against a good Low A squad in the Carolina Mudcats, he was leaning heavily on it and more often than not was getting a lot of swing and misses with it. He didn't get a hit, but he actually had the best contact of all of the A's facing Bachman with a sharply hit ground ball to the pull side that he was thrown out on. Low 90s velocity on his fastball currently that will need to see an uptick. It does have some promise with above-average horizontal break and vertical approach numbers and it comes from a 3/4 arm slot from a dude standing 6'7". He also should work on not throwing the pitch into Jace Jung's wheelhouse - Holy Moly. A pitchability righty with a bucket of average offerings starting with a low 90s fastball and a slider, curveball, and changeup as his secondaries. The past three years of Bowman Draft have set an extremely high bar with the strength of its checklist. Bottom half of Tier 3 guy for me but if he can't get to that 20 home run number, the hit tool gets even more pressure to keep him in Tier 3 and he could easily slide into Tier None. He does relatively well in our RoboScout rankings (Patreon $10 exclusive) with a plus power tool and a swing geared for loft. . 2022 Bowman Heritage Prospects Live Articles Prospects Live Average low to mid 90's fastball that serve to setup above average to plus slider and changeup. January 15, 2023. Catchers do make it difficult to push into Tier 1 though, and Adley is the only one in recent memory that probably deserved that Tier ranking. Look for 1 autograph per box! Matt Mikulski - LHP (Giants, 1st Base and Auto, 50/51) - The lefty arm from Fordham took a huge leap from undrafted in 2020 to be the Giants second rounder in 2021. Images of this refractor have started to surface as of Thursday, December 30th and with the Mini Diamonds being very popular, I expect the RayWaves to be as well. A Tier None profile for now, but given where he started and where he's at now, someone I want to keep an eye on as there may be even more there with the hard work he's shown he is willing to put in. Won't run much, but probably gets a few chip-in steals. Strong floor and very high ceiling. Fastball velocity is only low 90s but he pairs that well with the curveball and commands it much better than other higher velocity arms. Dustin Saenz - LHP (Nationals, 1st Base only, 112/103) - The National's fourth-round pick out of Texas A&M didn't get drafted in the COVID-shortened 2020 draft. He has both outcomes of a backend starter or high leverage bullpen arm basically equally weighted in his future. Granted that is a small percentile outcome which is why I will have Carson in my Tier Two for now, but he's near the top of my list of guys I want to see more of. Sold out for pull-side power in the Circuit season which lead to swing and miss concerns, but righted the ship during the spring prep season where I saw him deposit the ball over the fence to centerfield and some opposite-field shots as well. Couple that plus fastball with a plus curveball and average to above-average changeup and slider and you have a standard model starter's four-pitch mix. Dual Draftees: Dual cards featuring top 2013 draft picks from the same franchise. Fastball is average but has decent velocity and horizontal break from the left side. He's also got a decent changeup, but I didn't see him throw it much if at all. Evaluating The Best Prospects In 2021 Bowman Chrome Prospect rankings are based on scouting grades and narrative reports for each player. With more info and video, I might consider a plus power bat as a standout tool and in consideration for Tier 3, but the expected DH penalty and the overall profile seems like a Tier None guy to me until I see more. Free shipping for many products! Logan Henderson - RHP (Brewers, 1st Base only, 116/268) - The NJCAA Division I Pitcher of the Year in 2021, he's a shorter (just under 6 feet tall) right-hander JUCO Bandit out of Texas has an effective low 90s fastball that is the table-setter for his double-plus changeup. Normally this profile with the added catcher penalty would be a Tier None player, but given how many balls he put over the fence at FSU, I am going to slide him into the bottom half of Tier 3 and be ready to move him into Tier None if he can't repeat that. Still more raw power than game power, but plus max velo, willingness to take a walk, and not chasing out of the zone are all a good foundation. A low 90's fastball plays up because of that and it occasionally will show some arm-side run as well. For now, he hangs out towards the top of Tier 4. A variety of different opinions out there on Trimble on whether he can hit for power in the pros, but everyone agrees that he has the speed to steal double-digit bases in the show. There's an outside shot as a back-end starter, especially if the fastball velocity ticks up, but it typically lives in the low 90s. Christian Encarnacion-Strand - 3B (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 128/177) - The Twins fourth round selection out of Oklahoma State has some questions on whether he can stick at third base which puts further pressure on his offensive profile if he has to kick over to first base or even DH. Didn't pitch in the minors post-draft, so the only video is against weaker college teams. Brewers dev org likely gets the most out of him, but at his height, a lot has to continue to go right and that has me sliding him into the top of Tier None instead of the bottom of Tier 3. Cade Povich - LHP (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 98/537) - Not sure how many times we will hear the joke that Maury is not his father, but I am here for all of them. The product isnt terrible and there are plenty of players I like and would love to own their cards. For all intents and purposes, he is a one-pitch pitcher. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for (20) 2021 BOWMAN DRAFT JORDAN LAWLAR (LAWLER) RCS-#11 MLB PROSPECT/MT/AA @ 20 at the best online prices at eBay! . Given what I did find, he looks to throw both a four-seamer and a two-seamer in the low 90s with a nicely shaped slurve and a changeup. Not like Cleveland will need it given their depth at the position. At worst, a high leverage bullpen floor, and at best, a mid-rotation starter with potentially more if the stars align. In the hobby, it is good but not great. An underslot sign in round 1, him and Tommy Mace get off the Cleveland bus together and you imagine it's the Cavaliers and not the Guardians. P Paxton Brooks Over the past 4 seasons, Brooks has been a very accurate . If he can turn his batting practice power into game power without negatively impacting his contact and plate skills, then he will shoot up the Tiers. Reed Trimble - OF (Orioles, 1st Base only, 65/148) - The Orioles Comp B pick at 65th overall was one of the younger college players drafted this year. Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com Unfortunately, that's why he is going to end up in Tier 2 as opposed to Tier 1, as much as I believe in how good Frelick will be with plenty of all-star games in his future. Slider with decent bite is the third pitch in the arsenal that I saw get a fair amount of swing and misses on the 2020 circuit. With some velo uptick, I could see McDermott cementing his role as a backend SP, but probably not much more than a mid-rotation SP at best, which keeps him in Tier None for now and possibly a Tier 3 guy at peak. He continued to pad his career stats in 2021 hitting .260, with a .234 ISOP, and a 28.3% K rate as a 21-year-old in Triple-A. Kyle Manzardo - 1B (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 63/97) - Plus hitter lacking enough in-game power limited to a position that really values it with first base. Nicely balanced delivery that features a low 90's fastball and a biting 12/6 curveball. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball storms back for another monster offering featuring a fresh crop of Baseball draft picks and emerging prospects! He starts with an open-face stance and seemed to really sell out for power with a very unbalanced finish. Curveball is above average and he sequences it well with his fastball. Jake Fox - 2B (Guardians, 1st Base only, 95/229) - Cleveland's third-round pick out of the Florida prep ranks has a plus hit tool with above-average speed that he knows how to use on the base paths. Has a very patient approach and the willingness to take the base on balls. Will also throw an average changeup now that he's starting that shows nice arm-side fade when it's on. Watch live streaming. What I did see in addition to the fastball and curveball was a pitching motion that almost looked like he was falling towards the first base side mid-arm swing which lead to the pitches all staying arm-side. Both pitches looked good in college. Patient and advanced approach at the plate willing to go with the pitch to the opposite field, gap power that should turn into plus power as he grows into his body, and should have enough speed to be a threat on the base paths. Tier None with a watch label to see if he can tick up the velocity in-game and get more swing and miss when he starts getting pro innings under his belt. There is almost no video out there, so he is a hard-to-evaluate arm at the moment. 2021 Bowman card list & price guide. Most of the Futures Game stars have. Changeup wasn't great and he has trouble commanding it in the looks I had. Prototype size at 6'4" 230-ish pounds. 2021 Bowman - Chrome Prospects Baseball Checklist | Trading Card Database Joe Rock - LHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 68/101) - The highest pick ever at Ohio University, the 6'6" lefty has some projection left as he barely tips the scales at 200 pounds. Ended up going in the 4th round to the White Sox on an underslot deal after an up and down final college season including a month of downtime mid-season. The Giants probably saw the plus spin and extension numbers with the fastball ride and see a future starter's arsenal with a lot of development. With more work on his fastball, he could end up as a mid-rotation starter, but this will have to be a wait-and-see game as he had to go under the knife for TJ late in the spring. Low floor given all of the x-factors, but super high ceiling of an SP2 will have me push him into Tier 3. Bat speed galore from the left-handed side and plus power will be his calling card. to be found here. 96 on Baseball America's Top 500 draft prospects list entering the 2020 draft, so it looked like a reach when the Red Sox took him 17th overall. I don't like the back and forth rocking motion for the swing either and hopefully he can quiet the movements to lead to better in zone contact and less swing and miss. Every MLB Team's Most Impressive Prospect in 2021 The 2021 NBA draft class, headlined by Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green, is stacked with talent. Slider is his most effective secondary pitch with some nice sweeping break to it at times while his changeup has a ways to go. With full run, he could hit for a good average, get 20 home runs, and steal 20 bases. The slider and the curveball are the best of those and are his most effective pitches. Finishes up his repertoire with an above-average curveball and changeup that is trending towards plus. There will likely be some in the hobby taking a shot just for that most unlikeliest of outcomes. If he doesn't he probably ends up the bullpen. His third pitch is an average changeup that does have some nice arm-side fade to it and will also get some whiffs. Anthony Solometo - LHP (Pirates, 1st Auto only, 37/34) - Player comps are hard and often wrong which is why I try to stay away from them as much as possible. Read our methodology . Secondly, in the context of previous Bowman Draft releases, especially with the previous three years, this isnt in the same ballpark. The fastball often ends up on the glove side of the plate, given an appearance of some left to right movement on the fastball for the hitter. More fluid and better bat speed through the zone from the right side. Low to mid-90s with his velocity and often sits around 94 MPH without much movement and mostly living in the upper half of the zone. His third pitch is a hard 12-6 slider without a ton of break that he will keep low but won't throw that often. Was lacking a lot of command and control in some looks, at others he was a zone pounder. A floor of high leverage relief to a ceiling of a two double plus pitches SP2/SP3 is enticing to slide into the bottom of Tier 2, but I will try and contain my exuberance for what I saw and put him at the top half of Tier 3. Big draft riser as he continued to get better every year in college. 1 Top Prospect Autograph Card per set! At this point it seems all but certain 2022 will be his rookie season. My concern is that House could easily end up a sub-.250 hitter even if he does end up with 30+ bombs regularly, and that isn't in the elite category in today's game, let alone perennial all-star. A switch hitter that can steal a couple of bases and has more pop from the left side. Chrome Prospect Autographs are also available in 16 different parallels. Eric Silva - RHP (Giants, 1st Base only, 115/162) - Giants took the Kyle Harrison approach again with taking a prep arm and paying him overslot money - in Silva's case, a million dollars over slot. (1:12 Hobby Packs) Chrome Draft Pick Autographs Parallels - Max /99. Max Ferguson - 2B (Padres, 1st Auto only, 160/171) - The Padres 5th round selection out of the University of Tennessee had a tough final season in Knoxville that saw him sell out for pull-side power which ended up significantly impacting his strong batting average of past seasons. The list below breaks down my top 10 current prospects and young players whose cards you should be looking out for: 1. He's a skinny 6'3" - with added mass, you hope that will lead to an increase in velocity which suddenly makes him a much more interesting pitcher given his plus command. I saw him regularly missing this pitch to his arm-side. Average to above average skillset with stick in his hands and shows good pitch recognition and approach. I considered putting him into Tier 3, but all of the negatives cap his ceiling for the moment, even if his floor seems somewhat safe. But for now, he's a pitchability backend starter with a safe floor and not a ton of ceiling, which is a standard Tier None call. This one is likely a slow burn as he fills out and gets shaped by MLB dev staff. Profiles best at second base given his size and arm strength, but could play shortstop if needed. Second base is his likely home, but the Rays are known to be creative and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kinney end up playing a multitude of positions to be able to get his bat regularly into games. Has an average changeup for his third pitch, but doesn't have much faith to throw it regularly. The fastball doesnt get as many swings and misses as you would hope given the velocity. Drew Gray - LHP (Cubs, 1st Base and Auto, 93/149) - Cubs third-round pick out of the prep factory IMG Academy who was a two-player there. The curveball has nice shape and snap to it with good spin. Ethan Wilson - OF (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 49/32) - The Phillies second-round pick out of South Alabama showed up big his freshman year but hasn't repeated that peak since. Best Baseball Cards To Collect 2022 (Prospects & New Releases) Should be able to stick at the position given that arm strength along with good athleticism and size. Fills up the zone and relies on weak contact and plus command with his four-pitch mix. Diamondbacks are also one of the lesser collectible teams, another potential minor drag on his hobby value. The next concern is that he doesn't stick behind the plate given his less than stellar showing there, putting more pressure on the bat to perform at either 1B or corner OF. There is very little video and the two games he did pitch in Visalia this year are not available on MiLB TV. You've probably heard the term "five-tool player" used to describe top prospects. Russell Smith - LHP (Brewers, 1st Base and Auto, 51/170) - The tallest player in the product at 6'9", the left-hander out of TCU can have dominant outings with how he gets down the mound and fills up the zone. Wes Kath - 3B (White Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 57/33) - The White Sox second-round pick out of the Arizona prep ranks was a shortstop in high school but has pushed out to third base in his first pass through pro ball. More Prospects News. Love his approach and plate skills as he works counts, fouls balls off, and takes the walk. But also not great because that changeup or curveball need to show up to reach his potential as a front-line rotation guy which is definitely in the cards. The rarely seen, if ever, in baseball tidbit to Steinmetz is that he is an Orthodox Jew, so that will likely get some regular mentions as he works his way up the minors. Learn about the 2023 NFL Combine player participants. Below is my breakdown of each player that should have a 1st logo in 2021 Bowman Draft given the checklist released by Topps. His fastball and slider combo is simply filthy. A curveball is there as well, but I rarely saw it. 2018 Panini Honors 2017 Orange Prizm Patrick Mahomes II RC AUTO - eBay
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