Who’s hot in the Diamondbacks farm system?
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With an off-day today, I figured we might take a look at the numbers put up by prospects in the Arizona farm system so far this year, and see who’s standing out. Note: this is based
entirely on the stats. As we all know, these can be affected by luck - a player can see his numbers boosted (or depressed) by balls dropping in, especially over a smaller sample size. There are also wide differences in environments across the farm system. The most obvious example is the dreaded “Reno effect,” which causes every hitter with the Aces to look like a the second coming of Ted Williams. As a guide, here’s a summary of the numbers put up at the plate by each of our affiliates.
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Of Prospects and Rosters, Part IV: Pitching (lower minors)
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We begin this segment with a cautionary tale. Over the course of the first three segments I have continually made note about how the jump from A (or A+) to AA is often the most difficult jump to make. It is the jump that can deflate batting averages and also inflate earned run averages at the same time. For those watching the Arizona farm system with interest, this can be readily be seen in one of the more heralded pitching prospects from the system, Levi Kelly.
Now,
let me be perfectly clear. This is not me claiming that Kelly is a bust, or even bordering on it. For one thing, in a normal season, not one coming off of a pandemic delay, Kelly would not only be young for his level, but young by over a full year compared to other “important prospects”. This year, despite losing an entire season to the pandemic, Kelly is pitching in AA in his age 22 season. This is after he was slated to debut there in