Yeah, that's kind of how I view him. Although, I wouldn't be shocked if at some point he had a year like Josh Smith just had, though. Cruz and Garcia were both late bloomers, and I actually like Duran better now than I did either of them when they were at this same stage of each of their careers.
If Duran can handle the outside breaking stuff he could easily make it as a starter. Big if for now
Do you have any numbers comparing how he did in 2024 and how he did previously. I am curious as to if he made any strides.
How did he do in the minors?
I am not sure how to access the splits in the minors, so I couldn't tell you. I do know Carter was a lot higher regarded as a prospect than Smith was. Well, he was by most everyone except me. I liked Smith more in the minors.
I couldn't find it either. I was hoping you would have better luck.
I did find one link to Carter's splits in Low A ball in 2021. He had an OPS of over 1.000 against them that year. It was a limited sample size, 51 plate appearances. I will keep looking for more.
The rich get richer.
The Dodgers trying to build an all star team.
MLB needs to stop this.
first top FA signing we should see several more over the next few days but doubt any will be signed by Texas. we might see 1 or 2 Level 5 or lower signings by Texas between now and Christmas
