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I'll also put this in here...
K.Law's updated "Top 50 prospects" list... which includes 3 Rangers.
MLB - Keith Law's top 50 MLB prospects - ESPN
18. Joey Gallo, 3B | Texas Rangers
Age: 20 | Current Level: AA (Frisco)
Preseason Ranking: N/A
Not sure I need to say much more -- this is the best power bat in the minors, a game-changing kind of hitter if he can make enough contact. He's already made so many adjustments in the last 24 months, really reducing his weaknesses now to hard stuff on the inner half, that he should reach that point in the next two years.
31. Jorge Alfaro, C | Texas Rangers
Age: 21 | Current Level: High A (Myrtle Beach)
Preseason Ranking: 44
Alfaro has two grade-80 tools in his power and arm and he has the bat speed to hit for average. However his plate discipline isn't progressing and his receiving is a mixed bag, sometimes above-average, sometimes appearing like he's taking a play or two off. There's still a substantial amount of upside here -- a catcher who can hit 20-to-25 homers a year and shut down the running game is a star even with a low .300s OBP -- but I'd like to see more consistent progress in his game.
48. Lewis Brinson, CF | Texas Rangers
Age: 20 | Current Level: High A (Myrtle Beach)
Preseason Ranking: N/A
Brinson is a plus defender in center already and has substantial raw power from his quick, strong wrists, but he struck out 191 times last year in low-A and hit just .232, so the Rangers sent him back to Hickory for a second year. He improved across the board this year, as a good player should when repeating a league, and earned a promotion a week ago to high-A Myrtle Beach. Even if Brinson were to strike out 30% of the time in the majors, he has the defense and power to be an extremely valuable regular, 3-4 WAR a year or more depending on what other value he can provide with the bat.
K.Law's updated "Top 50 prospects" list... which includes 3 Rangers.
MLB - Keith Law's top 50 MLB prospects - ESPN
18. Joey Gallo, 3B | Texas Rangers
Age: 20 | Current Level: AA (Frisco)
Preseason Ranking: N/A
Not sure I need to say much more -- this is the best power bat in the minors, a game-changing kind of hitter if he can make enough contact. He's already made so many adjustments in the last 24 months, really reducing his weaknesses now to hard stuff on the inner half, that he should reach that point in the next two years.
31. Jorge Alfaro, C | Texas Rangers
Age: 21 | Current Level: High A (Myrtle Beach)
Preseason Ranking: 44
Alfaro has two grade-80 tools in his power and arm and he has the bat speed to hit for average. However his plate discipline isn't progressing and his receiving is a mixed bag, sometimes above-average, sometimes appearing like he's taking a play or two off. There's still a substantial amount of upside here -- a catcher who can hit 20-to-25 homers a year and shut down the running game is a star even with a low .300s OBP -- but I'd like to see more consistent progress in his game.
48. Lewis Brinson, CF | Texas Rangers
Age: 20 | Current Level: High A (Myrtle Beach)
Preseason Ranking: N/A
Brinson is a plus defender in center already and has substantial raw power from his quick, strong wrists, but he struck out 191 times last year in low-A and hit just .232, so the Rangers sent him back to Hickory for a second year. He improved across the board this year, as a good player should when repeating a league, and earned a promotion a week ago to high-A Myrtle Beach. Even if Brinson were to strike out 30% of the time in the majors, he has the defense and power to be an extremely valuable regular, 3-4 WAR a year or more depending on what other value he can provide with the bat.
