Follow the Prospects: Luke Dickerson, SS

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Seaver King is up to .696 OPS in A+ and there's only Made ahead of him in AA. I can see pushing Made aside and promoting King to AA and Dickerson to A+ 2d half of the year.

King got off to a slow start (1st 2 series in April when the weather stunk), but since 4/16, he's .309 / .349 / .463 over 147 PAs. 10 SBs, 12 XBH. The BB% is a bit low (4.1%), Otherwise he's done well, shown good contact skills as advertised, and probably needs more of a challenge than A+ pitching.

Moving Dickerson and King up sometime next month may make sense, especially if they recognize Made as a lost cause.

[IanRubbish]

Moving Dickerson and King up sometime next month may make sense, especially if they recognize Made as a lost cause.

Made is just 6 months older than King.  There will probably be some reshuffling around 2B-SS-3B at High A and AA to accommodate promotions.  That said, Dickerson's patience gives him a big advantage over King.  Sample size is still too small, but he's also showing greater power potential with a .172 ISO.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Made is just 6 months older than King.  There will probably be some reshuffling around 2B-SS-3B at High A and AA to accommodate promotions.  That said, Dickerson's patience gives him a big advantage over King.  Sample size is still too small, but he's also showing greater power potential with a .172 ISO.

The difference between Made and King right now is that Made has shown absolutely nothing offensively since he was acquired and, frankly, even before that above low A. At least King's contact skills and baserunning came as advertised.

King is not my type of hitter. I like patience, too. But Made should be released, and King should be at a level he can fail at if he's blocking the guy you and I think is the better prospect.

[Elvir Ovcina]

The difference between Made and King right now is that Made has shown absolutely nothing offensively since he was acquired and, frankly, even before that above low A. At least King's contact skills and baserunning came as advertised.

King is not my type of hitter. I like patience, too. But Made should be released, and King should be at a level he can fail at if he's blocking the guy you and I think is the better prospect.

There's no reason to cut Made.  No, he is not going to be an MLB-level hitter (I've now seen him in person twice this year at two different levels and maybe 6 or 7 times over the last two years), but he can play MLB-level defense at SS.  You do not release a 22-year-old stone-cold SS who is in AA simply because he isn't going to hit, especially not when the two SS prospects pushing him out of his job are not likely to stick at SS.   

Right now, Made is at most two injuries from being on the MLB roster, because he's the only guy anywhere in the minor league system who can actually play SS at the required standard in MLB.  For those of you who wanted to dump Nunez last year, this is why he is still around: he is the only guy that means a long term Abrams injury doesn't result in Made playing SS in DC.  That's how barren this system is at shortstop for the moment.

And no, Made should not be in the majors; not now, hopefully not ever unless he learns to hit anything on the inner half of the plate.  But cutting him would be insane.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

So, what do you do with Made? When do you move up King or Dickerson of SS? Both of these guys are hitting better than their levels. If Made is the only SS below Nunez, then do you promote him? It's not like he'd hit worse in AAA

[Elvir Ovcina]

So, what do you do with Made? When do you move up King or Dickerson of SS? Both of these guys are hitting better than their levels. If Made is the only SS below Nunez, then do you promote him? It's not like he'd hit worse in AAA

Move King up.  Try him at SS.  Made can play SS when he doesn't, 2B a bit (they don't have a prospect there at AA), and do a lot of side work to fix the gaping hole in his swing on the inner half.

Then you promote Made to AAA when the second middle IF prospect comes up.  Those guys split SS, 2B, and whatever else they need - Harrisburg has nothing meaningful in terms of prospects right now.

If Made doesn't hit at AAA (likely, but it's not like JT Arruda is Robinson Cano either), you put him on the Development List and send him to Florida with the new draftees to try to figure it out for a couple weeks.  Then to Wilmington, and if it's fixed, back to AAA.

He's not looking likely, but he's only a year older than college draftees and he actually can play SS.  It's way too soon to give up.

[welch]

Promote Dickerson and King. If they step on Made's toes, then so be it. Made has never hit. When House gets promoted, in a couple weeks, Nunez will go to Rochester and should start at SS. Maybe, as Elvir suggests, Made might learn to hit if he works in the FCL, but he looks more like a "good field / no hit" guy.

[IanRubbish]

Averaging over 4.3 pitches per plate appearance, could be the highest in the entire org

[nobleisthyname]

Age: 19
Team rank: 6
Current level: A

May recap (2 levels)
Games played at position
SS: 17
DH: 3

PA

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AVG

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OBP

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SLG

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HR

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SB

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K%

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BB%

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ISO

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OPS

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wRC+

98

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.288

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.398

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.450

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2

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4

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20.4%

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16.3%

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.163

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.848

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