Brewers top prospects:
1. Orlando Arcia SS (20 yrs old) .325BA, .382OBP / .832OPS - Defense + (4 years below average age of AA)
2. Clint Coulter RF (21 yrs old) .259, .347, .847 (1.5 years below average age A+)
3. Tyrone Taylor CF (21 yrs old) .262, .307, .649 (3 years below average age AA)
4. Luis Sardinas SS (22 yrs old) Mixed AAA and Majors - hitting .288 in the minors / .300+ so far (small sample) majors.
5. Gilbert Lara SS/3b (17yrs old) - no games yet. - see you in 2019. Very high ceiling.
6. Monte Harrison OF (19yrs old) - .155, .274, .584 - struggling obviously... high ceiling guy
7. Kodi Medeiros P (19 years old) - 5.04 ERA, 10.8 K/9 (3 years below average age A-ball)
8. Tyler Wagner P (24 years old) - 2.01 ERA, 6.4 K/9, (.5 years below average age AA-ball)
9. Jacob Gatewood SS (19 years old) .184, .245, .532 (2.4 years below average age A ball) - 39Ks in 87ABs (provides excellent air-conditioning)
10. Devin Williams P (20 years old) - 2 starts.. 5.8 ERA, hard to give anything more at this point
Most of this talent is not advanced in the system and is still quite a bit away. Arcia should be advanced slowly through the system. We have Sardinas up already... no reason to bring up Arcia too soon. Let him season in AA and then AAA next year for full seasons. Bring him up in June in 2017 when he is 22 at the earliest. Im very encouraged by what he is doing. Could become a top 30 overall prospect in the majors if he continues to hit like he is. The only guy outside of Sardinas that I would consider bringing up in the next 2 years is Wagner... he's 24 in AA. If he continues to perform, I could see him being up in the next year or year and a half for good. Again, there is no reason to be rushing guys at this point. We are bad.. let these kids develop and don't stunt their growth by advancing them too early and seeing them fail... see Wei-Chung Wang! A guy I didnt mention, but love his name.. Cy Sneed (he is destroying A ball- but is 22 years old - he should be up in A+ or AA soon).
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