Over the past few years, the Braves have focused their player acquisition strategy on pitchers. It’s worked, as they’ve created a nice pipeline of pitchers moving quickly through the minor leagues and onto Atlanta.
This strategy has come at the expense of positional players. In short, they have few positional players that will help them in the next couple of years. Their highest upside player is Jose Perdomo, who turned 18 in September.
I guess when you have cost-controlled positional players on your Major League roster, you can do this. However, at some point, you’ve got to have some viable hitters in your system – don’t you?
Prospect Snapshot
- Top Prospect: AJ Smith-Shawver
- Biggest Mover: Ian Mejia
- Biggest Disappointment: The lack of hitting prospects
- Emerging Prospect: Jose Perdomo
