Looks like a lot of confidence in Vaquero but he has a long way to develop. Speed, D, and willingness to take a walk have shown up in the Florida complex league and in < 80 PAs in A ball. Contact and power still not evident, but he's so young.
Not sure what Hassell has to do to tone down the expectations.
Overall, with Green and Susana showing here, this looks like it's more of ceiling and tools list than a projection of the likeliest to help the team over a sustained period. However, the writer does acknowledge he repeatedly "downshifted" his rankings on Hassell, Green, and Susana over the year as they have not met expectations. , who do we think is under-rated and should have been on this list? Lile? Millas? Lipscomb? Herz? I think Lipscomb could have had an argument with a good AFL, but not now.
He is super high on Wood, and pulls out the Gunnar Henderson comp for Crews:
Two guys that I felt great about were Dylan Crews and James Wood. Crews feels like Jackson Holliday 2.0. High Floor with great tools that should make him an excellent Major Leaguer. Not Ronald Acuna, but more Gunnar Henderson. Wood could be Ronald Acuna if he can make enough contact. His swing is fighting his length; unfortunately, the length is winning. But athleticism like he has doesn’t grow on trees, and he could be special.
Views Susana right now as a 1 pitch guy with an outrageous fastball and no secondaries, thus thinks a high leverage reliever is the most likely outcome. In contrast, he feels Cavalli if he returns to past form after the TJS is a mid-rotation starter.
