pipeline report on futures game

[gunnarthor]

https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-mlb-futures-game-impressions-on-scouts/c-286112690

 

Some scouts talked about the players including this about Kiriloff - Alex Kirilloff and Taylor Trammell stood out to me the most on the U.S. team. Kirilloff has such a good load and the barrel stays in zone a long time. I think he understands what he wants to do at the plate. Trammell keeps getting better and stronger. He has always had feel for the barrel but now the ball is carrying to big parts of the field. Both have good zone feel for young hitters. I know there's a lot of pressure on both profiles because they both likely end up on corners but they can hit.

 

 

[Mike Sixel]

FG also has a writeup, though the first part of it might make some people uneasy....

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-futures-game-was-black/

 

[gunnarthor]

 

FG also has a writeup, though the first part of it might make some people uneasy....

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-futures-game-was-black/

The discussion of African Americans in the game was great. I'm glad he wrote about it.