Braves Minor League Spring Training report
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Atlanta s youth movement in the outfield has been well-documented. Ronald Acuña Jr. is already one of the best players in baseball, and he’s just 23. Top prospect Cristian Pache, 22, is scuffling a bit in the big leagues, but is just establishing himself. A step behind is Braves’ No. 2 prospect Drew Waters, also 22 years old, who should get a chance to show what he can do at some point soon.
In a perfect world, that assembly of talent will be roaming the outfield in Atlanta for a long time. But just in case, there are more waves of young outfielders beginning to form. There’s Trey Harris and Justin Dean, 2018 draftees from the college ranks with some interesting tools, but a rung or two below them are a pair of high school draftees from the class of 2019 starting to make some noise.
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Yankees 2021 Prospect Preview: Alexander Vargas
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One of the few things that Yankees fans universally agree on is that matter of the Luke Voit trade. No one would deny that the swap with St. Louis was a major coup for the organization. While just adding Voit in that deal would have been more than enough to make it a win, the Yankees also acquired a significant chunk of international bonus pool allotment from St. Louis in the deal. They almost immediately combined that additional bonus pool to sign switch-hitting Cuban shortstop Alexander Vargas.
Vargas originally had plans to sign with Cincinnati, but was going to have to wait almost a full year for them to gain the bonus pool available to close the deal. The Yankees pounced on the opportunity, and signed a player for the biggest signing bonus they had offered an international player since 2014. While highly skilled, they Yankees were projecting that the 145-pound Vargas could gain