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Keith Law’s Nats top 20 for 2025 has some surprises

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Seaver King will be top of Law’s list for our system once Crews graduates. Photo via opendorse

Law just released his top 20 for the Nats system.

Keith Law has always been somewhat of a contrarian in these prospect rankings, and for good reason. His methodology for each year basically throws out last year’s results and starts over, which allows him to break free of a “prospect-retention” paradigm that plagues some ranking shops. This logic eliminates players like Elijah Green, who has performed so terribly in low-A but who was so highly regarded (and highly paid) as an upper-1st rounder in 2022. It also basically eliminates high-bonus IFA guys who have scuffled in the low minors (a methodology I agree with as well). As a result, Law often ends up with some names ranked in places that we havn’t seen before, which we’ll cover below.

Law also proven himself, especially this year, as a talent evaluator who isn’t afraid to dream on newly drafted players, especially college players, and may have some of them over-drafted.

Law’s stuff is behind a paywall, so y ou miss out on his per-player evaluations (which are insightful), but here’s his top 20:

RankLast NameFirst NamePosition
1CrewsDylanOF (CF)
2KingSeaverSS
3SykoraTravisRHP (Starter)
4HouseBradySS/3B
5SusanaJarlinRHP (Starter)
6BazzellKevinC/3B
7ClemmeyAlexLHP (Starter)
8CavalliCadeRHP (Starter)
9DickersonLukeSS/CF
10StuartTylerRHP (Starter)
11LomavitaCalebC
12MoralesYohandy3B
13WallaceCayden3B
14LileDaylenOF (CF)
15LaraAndryRHP (Starter)
16Hassell IIIRobertOF (CF)
17MadeKevinSS
18BennettJakeLHP (Starter)
19DiazRandalSS/3B
20CranzRobertRHP (Reliever)

As is tradition, lets run through this list top to bottom.

  • It goes without saying that so far, Law is tops on Seaver King, having him at #2 in the system. We knew this was coming b/c when Law released his top 100 for the entirety of the Minors two weeks ago, King was listed ahead of Sykora. Law projects him as a SS in the majors, with great speed, sneaky power, but his hit tool is the best. Can’t wait to see him in Wilmington this year.
  • The rest of the top 5 is as expected, in about the expected order. He’s worried about Sykora’s mechanics (but, to be fair, Law is worried about a lot of pitcher’s mechanics), worried about House’s lack of BB rate in AAA, and worried about Susana’s inability to get LHB out.
  • Quick deeper dive into Susana, because I think some of this stuff is fascinating. Here’s his fangraphs page. For the entirety of 2024, he had a BABIP of .372. .372!! That’s ridiculous, and is why his ERA was in the 4s but his FIP was in the 2s. You don’t often see a full 2-point delta between pitchers’ ERA and FIP. Here’s his MILB stats page with 2024 splits. Law pointed out that LHB had a .407 OBP against him last year; he had a 1.98 WHIP against lefties versus a 0.97 whip against righties. He attributes this to his 3/4 slot and lack of command. It sounds to me like he needs to develop a change-up that can keep lefties off-balance. The thing is, these are fringe issues with a guy who also hits 100, holds upper 90s deep into games, and doesn’t have a ton of effort in his delivery. I cannot wait to see what he does when he hits AA.
  • Coming in at #6: Bazzell. Phew, by far the high man on this guy. Most other shops have him in the 14-15 range. I sense his ranking is assuming that Bazzell hits like he did in college AND plays Catcher; if he’s playing 3B he’s not quite as high of a prospect. With both Bazzell and Lomavita drafted in the same draft, one has to think one is going to Low-A and the other to High-A. I find it kind of interesting that Law has Bazzell so much higher than Lomavita, who was drafted ahead/paid out more in the same draft. Honestly, this is too high for Bazzell.
  • He has Dickerson inside the top 10, entirely on tools. I also think this is too high, especially for a cold-weather prep kid who hasn’t yet taken a pro at bat. Like with IFAs, I like to see at least some production in the FCL before saying someone is a top 10 prospect.
  • Some love for Tyler Stuart, one of a handful of AAA starters we were just talking about as generally being underrated by prospect watchers (along with Lord and Alvarez). Remember: Baseball America had Stuard #25.
  • Morales at #12. Law had Morales ranked #6 this time last year, and in his writeup he freely admits that a) Morales had a hand injury all year and b) he “seemed” ok once he returned in August. So, like all the other shops that have dropped him … i’m just kind of at a loss. I have him #6 on my list, right now, and I don’t plan on dropping him.
  • He has Lile down at #14. And, it’s almost like he was reading the comments i’ve been making about him. Here’s a direct quote from Law about Lile: “Lile might be a tweener, lacking the power for an outfield corner and with just a fringe-average defense in center, leaving him in Fourth Outfielder Town, which is only two stops away from DFAville.” EXACTLY what i’ve been saying for a while now in the comments. Honestly, if Lile blows up and starts hitting .330 this year, we should just trade him. There’s more and better outfielders already in the majors, and more and better CF prospects in the minors behind him.
  • He’s just slightly lower on Lara than most others. Unlike Susana above, his BABIP upon reaching AA was really low, which blows up his FIP as compared to his actual ERA. His per-pitch scouting report basically shows him with slider as his #1 pitch, and the other three being 40s or 45s. That’s not good. I’ll be curious to see how this plays out, but Law is predicting him to be a 2-pitch middle reliever despite being so young and projecting to the AAA rotation.
  • Hassell at #16. I think Its time for me to just admit that Hassell may not be the top-end prospect I have hoped for. Law prints a shocking stat: “He didn’t have a single extra-base hit off a lefty in 76 PA last year, and had just three (all doubles) off them in 2023, for a .218 slugging percentage off southpaws over two years.” That is patently amazing. Here’s his 2024 splits. Indeed: 61 ABs versus LHPs last year and zero XBH for a slash line of .213/.319/.213. Here’s something else interesting: he was legitimately good leading off (.285/.363/.381) but patently awful when batting lower in the order. Is that someone who’s literally pouting b/c he’s not leading off? So strange. Nonetheless, its hard to ignore this, and a full season in AAA with lefty specialists may do even more to expose him.
  • Made at #17: i just don’t get it. I have him in the mid-30s and even that’s a stretch. But Law seems to admit the same, saying, “This is almost a placeholder — he has enough of a base of other skills to be a utility infielder, as long as he starts to hit the ball harder. If he doesn’t do that, he’s not a prospect.” At this point, i’m leaning towards the latter, having him buried in the mid 30s. Honestly, if you had to rank SS in our system right now, you’d go MLB starter: Abrams, MLB backups: Nunez/Rosario. AAA depth: Lipscomb, Made, then you have mid-minors prospects with promise like Cruz, King, and Diaz, Ramirez (who should be your AA, High-A, and Low-A starters in 2025), then you’ve got prep/DSL prospects with promise like Dickerson and Feliz. So, not a lot of pure prospect depth in the system of for-real guys who project to stick at SS … but if Made is hitting .220 in AA and you have 1st rounder Seaver King waiting in the wings producing in High-A … what are you gonna do? Made may only be 22 but he’s certainly at a cross-roads where he has to prove he’s not the next coming of Nasim Nunez.

Ok, so here’s where I have to eat some crow, having blasted BA’s list. Because the last two guys on Law’s list are surprises for sure.

  • #19: 2024 5th rounder Randal Diaz. This is a first time ranking anywhere for Diaz, and coming out of the 2024 draft he was not one of the handful of guys I even was projecting into the top 50. It’s one thing to rank our top bonus guys in our top 20 automatically (King, Lomavita, Dickerson, and Bazzell). It is another to do down-ballot prospect ranking, especially for under-slot 2nd day guys like Diaz and Cranz. I guess Diaz has gotten some attention lately thanks to his making the Puerto Rican national team; if he’s a sneaky good 2nd day draft pick for us, all the better. He’ll presumably get the Low-A starting SS job and we’ll see how it goes.
  • #20 2024 7th rounder Robert Cranz. BA also rated Cranz relatively highly, having him come in at #24. Law thinks Cranz is a 4-pitch guy who may start. But, again, as i said in the BA review … if he is a 4-pitch starter quality guy, why didn’t he frigging start in college?? I took a quick glance at OK State’s baseball stats for 2024: they had two guys who were full time Fri/Sat starters, then gave Sunday and midweek starts to a slew of guys while keeping Cranz basically as a stopper, not even the closer (just 2 saves). I mean, yes there’s value to a guy like that, but there’s more value to having a guy who can go 6ip with 1r. So I repeat the same thing I asked in the last post; if Cranz was this good, why the F wasn’t he starting in college? Are Oklahoma State’s baseball staff so stupid as to think that a middle reliever provides more value than a starter? Because more and more, that’s what its looking like; a patent failure in talent evaluation at that program.

Honorable mentions: these clearly aren’t the guys ranked 21-25, but he calls out a few notables. Sam Peterson, Angel Feliz (who i’ve mentioned already and who is in my top 20), Ramirez, Vaquero, and Sir Jamison Jones.

players not on his top 20 of note:

  • Feliz: who did produce as a big $ IFA and who is at the back-end of my top 20.
  • Lord, mentioned before as not really being a flashy guy but who produced like crazy in 2024.
  • No love for Pinckney, even if the Nats have given him a NRI invite two years in a row.
  • No mention of our 2025 IFA signings, which is common with law; he’s like me and wants to see some production and not just ranking of the signing bonus.
  • Green, as discussed ad nauseum.

Written by Todd Boss

February 6th, 2025 at 12:22 pm

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  1. Law did include Green in a postscript under the heading “The Fallen,” perceptively noting that “he may end up the poster player for the harm done by the death of short-season leagues.” EXACTLY something else that we’ve been discussing.

    In the same section, he named Clemmey as his sleeper.

    KW

    6 Feb 25 at 1:44 pm

  2. I have many of the same objections. Morales too low, Bazzell and Dickerson too high. Made and Cranz and Diaz strangely included. Feliz and Lord strangely not.

    I think you’re right about Law dreaming big on draftees (but weirdly being implacable towards similarly unproved IFAs – like Randal Diaz over Angel Feliz is just such an idiosyncratic opinion). In particular, his placement of Bazzell and Cranz and his mention of Petersen seem like overreactions based on hot starts in low-A. I give barely any credence to performances like that from college draftees. They’re simply too advanced for the level for me to really care much about how well they do.

    But I do find some of his scouting observations compelling. I find particularly credible his concerns about Susana vs lefties and Lara’s success being too reliant on his slider. I’m more optimistic than Law on both of those guys but I agree that he’s identifying their development needs correctly.

    Oh, and on Hassell, I wonder how much of it that he leads off against RH pitching and they drop him vs lefties. Or they dropped him when he slumped hard in AAA. I just figure the causal arrow is more likely to be going the other way than he’s dogging it or can’t focus or something when he’s not leading off.

    SMS

    6 Feb 25 at 3:01 pm

  3. @SMS: I think you have to read Law’s stuff like this: if he has stats to backup an opinion (like the splits he mentioned for Susana, Lara, and Hassell) then that’s a good take. If he’s quoting robust slash lines from college leagues for players and assuming that translates to the pros (as he seems to be doing for the likes of Bazzell and Diaz), then take it with a grain of salt. I mean, its great that he thought the nats had a great draft and clearly likes our picks, but the other 29 teams aren’t idiots. It’s not as if the Nats were just sitting there in the 7th round going, “Ok now that all the other teams have passed on him SIX TIMES, its time to take our secret weapon Robert Cranz, who’s so awesome that his idiot coaches in college refused to use him as a starter and instead opted to give him meaningless innings every three days in blow out wins as a middle reliever.”

    Todd Boss

    7 Feb 25 at 8:57 am

  4. I think this is a pretty solid list.

    Made is obviously our new interation of Yasel Antuna, where scouts get irrationally enamored with the idea of something that it blinds their otherwise good judgement. Cranz is another strange one. Are we sure Law isn’t ghost-writing for BA? Because literally no one wrote about him pre-draft (BA did a top 500 and didn’t feature him!), his signing bonus indicates there was no under-the-radar hype, and his usage in relief further demonstrates there is little appetite to switching him to the rotation. So where are Law and BA getting this idea from? Truly fascinating that a non-descript and non-remarked upon, under slot 7th rounder is getting actual attention from prospect watchers.

    That aside, the write ups do a pretty good job of justifying Law’s placements. Bazzell at 6 is surprising, but justifiable. A catcher who can hit is always a valuable commodity, and the juxtaposition vis a vis Lomavita makes sense. I hadn’t appreciated how undisciplined Lomavita’s bat was. And based on the Nats’ demonstrated inability to teach plate discipline, it doesn’t fill me with much hope. But Bazzell seems to already have a good eye, and much like Millas, Morales or Crews, won’t struggle as much as the guys counting on the coaches to improve this skill. Still, very early days, but something I’ll be watching.

    Also, it’s some really interesting insight on Randal Diaz, who was a near complete unknown on draft day. Like Cranz, he was also unranked by every publication doing pre-rankings. It’s SUPER interesting to learn he’s a plus defender at SS. That’s a big game changer, much like how everyone was undersold Jacob Young’s defensive abilities. It was only right before he was promoted that there were rumblings he might be fine at CF, after repeated proclamations he was, best case scenario, a good defensive corner OF. Well, once it became apparent he wasn’t merely capable of playing CF, but he was literally the best OF defender in all of baseball, that his profile became infinitely more interesting.

    If Diaz is a plus defender at short, with some serious power projection, I struggle to see how he’s appreciably inferior to Seaver King?! He’s another player who I’ll be watching with much greater interest in 2025.

    Will

    7 Feb 25 at 9:29 am

  5. Oops, somehow didn’t end that bolded text at 500.

    Will

    7 Feb 25 at 9:31 am

  6. @Will: I fixed the bolding close tag for you 🙂 It’s a dangerous thing, being able to edit other people’s comments. I didn’t really know I could do that until literally 5 mins ago. Anyway…

    Law’s writeups are great. Everything is defended. His methodology is to “start over” each year to not get into “reverse prospect fatigue” and just rank so-and-so in the top 10 b/c he did last year. Which … ironically led him to dump Morales down. So be it.

    BA just listed their 31-40th players for the system … and it had at least one guy who is new to the ranking process; our 2024 14th rounder Yoel Tejeda Jr.

    Todd Boss

    7 Feb 25 at 3:17 pm

  7. Sorry it has taken me a while to give some thoughts. I always look forward to Law’s rankings. He’s both smarter than your average bear and also not afraid to go out on limbs. And, like Rizzo, once he’s staked his claim in someone like Kevin Made, he’s going to stay convinced, no matter all the evidence to the contrary (LOL).

    Law supported some things I’ve thought that other shops haven’t:

    — Still believes that Cavalli can be a mid-rotation starter, even if it takes him a couple of more years

    — Thinks more highly of Stuart’s chances, and also thinks that Bennett can be a #4 starter

    — Doesn’t think that Lile has the pop to start as a corner OF (something I’ve been saying for a couple of years)

    — And yes, now I don’t feel so foolish for having some hopes for Randal Diaz. As I’ve said, he was a strong hitter for an NCAA tourney squad, and Law confirms that he can stick at SS. (Makes me wonder if he’s their backup plan if King can’t stick at SS.)

    — I have cautiously touted Clemmey, and Law is quite high on him in general, albeit with the admission that he might not even see the majors unless his control improves markedly.

    Concerns that Law raises that give me pause:

    — Most of what he says about House we’ve already said here. It is interesting that he doesn’t take the step of criticizing his promotion to AAA when he clearly wasn’t ready.

    — I find it quite worrisome that Law only gives Susana a 5-10% shot at remaining a starter. I could see saying something like that about a 25-year-old, but it seems bizarre to condemn a very-high-ceiling 21-year-old like that.

    — Law was low man on Lomavita at the time of the draft, so his criticism here doesn’t surprise me. What does surprise me is how high he is on Bazzell.

    — As others have said, Law dropped Morales even while noticing that he was pretty strong after returning from injuries. We’ll see. I hope they’re wrong.

    — I have no idea how he can call what Lara did in 2024 “incremental progress.” He’s condemning him to relief at age 22 after a summer of significant progress. One certainly has to agree that the SLG surrendered to LH hitters is concerning, but much like Susana, he’s certainly young enough to learn some new tricks.

    — Hassell: eek. Probably all true, yet I still hold out some faint hope for him. Will posted a link at Nats Prospects to an interview with Hassell that explains why. It’s a combination of him getting healthy, making some significant adjustments with a coach in the AFL, and still being only 23. I’d bet more on Hassell finding enough pop to be a corner OF than I would Lile.

    Then there are Law’s zigs where others zag:

    — Bazzell: wow, hope he’s right. I really had his ceiling pegged as more Millas territory. Still, did he really rank this guy at #6, ahead of several guys with good MLB possibility?

    — Made: give it up, Keith. He hit .239 at A+ and .158 at AA. He doesn’t have much pop or speed. What am I missing?

    — Cranz as a starter. Hadn’t heard that, but interesting. The previous Nat scouting/development regime had a real fetish for that approach. The only one with who it has really worked was Dane Dunning. But there was also Evan Lee, Andrew Lee, Todd Peterson, Steven Fuentes, A.J. Bogucki, and I’m sure I’m forgetting others.

    The question I always have with guys like this, though, particularly someone who was truly dominant in college like Cranz, is why not just let him remain a dominant reliever? Don’t we need some of those too?

    And finally, not really a zig or zag since other shops are also high on Seaver King, but I still scratch my head at ranking a guy Law thinks may peak at 15 homers over guys like Sykora, House, and Susana who have basically All Star potential if they really make it. Yes, King may have a safer floor, but since when did we start ranking based on a safe floor?

    KW

    11 Feb 25 at 2:23 pm

  8. Law may not have directly criticized the House->AAA promotion, but he’s definitely said in other spots generally that the Nats over-promote/promote players too quickly.

    Law’s Morales comments are weird: he has a 1:30 chat today maybe i’ll pop in and ask a question.

    Todd Boss

    12 Feb 25 at 11:12 am

  9. Here’s a fun, and somewhat contrarian, take on who might be the Nats’ #1 prospect at this time next year:

    https://www.flobaseball.tv/articles/13555752-2025-mlb-mock-draft-10-nats-stunner-with-the-no-1-pick

    I really don’t think that Arnold or Bremner has the size that Rizzo really values, though. I also don’t expect either to show true Skenes-like domination to gain the mark of “best player available.” Plus the Nats already have several high-ceiling younger arms in Sykora, Susana, and Clemmey, among others.

    Until proven otherwise (and it could well be), the BPA decision is between Holliday and LaViolette. Right now, I’d lean LaViolette for the Nats. To put that size of a guy in the middle of a lineup that already has Wood (and possibly House) would be pretty awesome (potentially). As we’ve discussed, no other Nat OF prospect beyond Wood and Crews has stepped up to be anywhere close to claiming the third spot. Even if one did, LaViolette or Wood could transition to a 1B/DH role.

    My concern with Holliday is that he’s essentially House — an overgrown SS who will have to transition to 3B (or corner OF, as this mock suggests), who also has some contact concerns to smooth out. House is looking like it is going to take him 4.5 to 5 seasons from being drafted to being ready to be an MLB regular. Of course for the sake of argument, Jackson Holliday probably is going to be MLB-ready in his third pro season, but of course there are no guarantees. Injuries have slowed high school picks like House and Hassell.

    This draft supposedly leans toward more HS than college quality. I’ll admit to bias against high schoolers any year, though. For the Nats in particular, and the supposed rebuild, I just don’t think they have four more years to wait on a quality piece. Beyond Holliday, one high schooler I could see really tempting Rizzo would be 6-8, 230 lb. Kruz Schoolcraft, a massive two-way guy from somewhere in Oregon.

    There are some K concerns for LaViolette — 24% last spring — so it will be interesting to see if he can improve that number. His 19% walk rate was phenomenal, no matter how much he was being pitched around.

    Among college hitters, I have seen other mocks that have Cam Cannarella in the top three, but I don’t see the excitement about an OF without a lot of HR power. He’s Hassell/Lile all over again.

    KW

    12 Feb 25 at 1:51 pm

  10. Where did Keith Law do a chat? I can’t find one on The Athletic. They used to have “Live Rooms” where you could chat with the writers, but they haven’t done on in the last 18 months.

    John C.

    12 Feb 25 at 5:21 pm

  11. @John: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6126715/2025/02/12/keith-law-mlb-prospect-live-chat/

    Features Todd’s question about Morales w/a pretty interesting answer.

    Matt

    12 Feb 25 at 8:50 pm

  12. Good question, Todd! pasting here so non-subscribers can see:

    Hi Keith; quick Nats question on Yohandy Morales; you had him #6 for us last year, but dropped him to #12 this year after a slow AA start. But at the same time you acknowledge that he was hurt and came back strong. Not to split hairs, but why ding him for April (.206/.304/.279) but not credit him for Aug (.298/.400/.479) and an even better couple weeks in September (.357/.438/.405)?

    @Todd B. So this question is based on a couple of big mistakes. One, of course, is that they added a lot of talent ahead of him, including King, Clemmey, and Bazzell, along with getting a good, healthy year from Sykora. The other is that you cited the wrong stats: That August line includes rehab games in LOW A, where, duh, of course he hit well, he was a 23-year-old ACC product who’d already played two levels higher. He actually hit just .279/.398/.438 in AA in August after he was activated, with a 30% K rate. And then he hit for even less power in September.

    It feels like a bit of a cop out. For one, if you’re going to critique his K rate in August, then it’s disingenuous to not cite his excellent September K% (14.6%). Overall, Morales had a reasonable 24.2 K% in AA post injury, coupled with a very good 13.2 BB%. It’s true the power didn’t materialize, but a line of .304/.412/.426 in AA across Aug-Sep is very, very good. Particularly if the broken thumb wasn’t 100% healed, and further sapped his power.

    It’s not a perfect comparison, but Luis Arraez has shown you can be very valuable at 1B if you hit for average but lack power.

    And a nitpick, but Morales was not 23 this past season. He was 22. All the more impressive posting a .400+ OBP in his last two months at that age!

    But I guess defending Morales is going to be a battle of attrition.

    Will

    13 Feb 25 at 11:06 am

  13. In other Nats comments, he said Brad Lord is an org. pitcher and House should play in the majors in 2025, but had a very disappointing stint in AAA in 2024.

    On Lord, it’s perhaps not that surprising, because Lord found an extra gear only upon reaching Harrisburg and then turned it up another notch in Rochester. He wasn’t as good in his time in Wilmington.

    WIll

    13 Feb 25 at 11:10 am

  14. Yeah … i asked Law about Morales and didn’t get the stat splits right that i qu oted … and he crushed me 🙂 I feel kind of dumb.

    Todd Boss

    13 Feb 25 at 11:12 am

  15. @Todd – Law isn’t wrong that you should ignore the rehab stint, but the AA stats still support your point and I don’t think he engaged meaningfully on the substance of your question at all. His response to you felt like he was just being a cantankerous dick. Calling that a “big mistake” is nuts. Him getting Morales’s age wrong is exactly the same kind of mistake. The whole thing just smacks of motivated reasoning throughout.

    Bottom line, his AA statline after returning from injury was .304/.412/.426/.838 for a 147 wRC+. If he had put that up as his full season, it would have been one of the most productive lines in the Eastern League. There were 135 players with 200+ PAs last year – that slash line would have ranked 2nd in OBP, 32nd in SLG, 13th in OPS and 5th in wRC+.

    Yes, you hope for a bit more power from a 1B and, of course, you need to take any fun-with-endpoints with a grain of salt, even when the endpoints are natural ones like they are here. But Law (and the other evaluators) absolutely reacted more strongly to Morales’s early struggles than his late successes. And Law’s response to you only makes me more confident that they did so unthinkingly.

    SMS

    13 Feb 25 at 1:16 pm

  16. To be fair to you, Todd, KL can be kind of a dick. It’s part of his schtick. The upside is that he interacts with fans more than most commentators. The downside is that he often seems to enjoy jousting with folks rather than being informative.

    John C.

    13 Feb 25 at 1:27 pm

  17. So, Klaw did make a Fair point on prospects taking a step up and thus “passing” Morales, who he had #6 last year. For context, here’s his 2024 and 2025 top 20s in order:

    – 2024: Crews, Wood, House, Cavalli, Lile, Morales, Vaquero, Hassell, Made, Sykora, Susana, Green, Bennett, Rutledge, Henry, Herz, Young, PInckney, Quintana, Saenz.
    – 2025: Crews, King, Sykora, House, Susana, Bazzell, Clemmey, Cavalli, Dickerson, Stuart, Lomavita, Morales, Wallace, Lile, Lara, Hassell, Made, Bennett, Diaz, Cranz

    So, Morales got “layered” by new acquisitions King, Bazzell, Clemmey, Dickerson, and Lomavita.
    And, Morales got passed by Sykora, Susana, and Stuart.
    Just one player ranked above Morales is now behind him: Lile. And of course Wood graduated.

    So that’s 8 passing him, 2 dropping off, leaving a delta of 6 … which is exactly how far he dropped.

    However … what they don’t account for is the other part of this; who is Morales, really? As others noted, I may ahve gotten the splits wrong, but they were still markedly improved. Of course we ignore low-A rehab stats.

    Todd Boss

    13 Feb 25 at 3:10 pm

  18. Yeah, Law is perhaps the last person to pick a fight with on Morales, as he’s been one of the most measured on Morales. BA dropped him to 22nd! They should be getting a lot more flack than Law.

    Will

    13 Feb 25 at 4:40 pm

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