Atlanta Braves Minor League Hot Sheet: 8/9-8/15

Glaus has more HRs than Freddie in the past week…and for you RBI fans, he has more of them too.

Freddie doesn’t need to be brought up unless it is to play 3B.

Sure. It is. But you also have to remember that Freddie is several years younger than what would be an appropriate age for AAA, so all of his numbers are even more impressive than they really are.

Well don’t expect to see it man. I’m not necessarily disagreeing, but a lot of scouts see Freddie as a 20-25 HR a year type guy. I think he has more power upside than that, and has shown the ability to hit for high AVG. Expect to see him in the top 20-30 range on most lists this winter.

He projects to have average power and hit for a pretty good average. He needs to work on his plate discipline, though, because he’s only drawn 6 walks in 28 games at Rome. He should be a plus defender, however. They also took this kid Terdoslavich, who doesn’t have a lot of power but might end up being a better OBP guy. Both play third base. Terdoslavich is at Danville and Leonard is at Rome.

In the OF, there weren’t any power hitting prospects. Todd Cunningham, our second pick, is a CF prospect with plus speed. He doesn’t project to have a lot of power.

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He was a guy I was really on the fence about before the year. I loved his athleticism, easily the best in the system (at the time, I’d have to reevaluate it now), but I wasn’t impressed with how he didn’t dominate the Appy League the way a guy his age should. But considering that he’s had success at Rome and Myrtle Beach this year, and I really wanted to see him succeed at MB to be able to consider him a prospect, he’s really shooting up the chart in my eyes. Still, it’s scary to think that I’d rank Lipka and Salcedo ahead of him on a prospect list. Sure, both are younger and less proven, but their ceilings are higher. But Myke’s leaps and bounds this year are exciting.

I didn’t realize he was that high on all those lists until earlier in the week. I know some of the best players get moved to the Majors and thus can’t put up the great numbers, but there are plenty of guys with a ton of AAA experience who are much older and have been there all year and he’s outshining most of them.