https://www.nationalsarmrace.com/?p=19352
Todd Boss's thoughts on the list. Skeptical about Dickerson. Surprised at Mota being ranked so high (more surprised that the BBA picked up on him than from whether he deserves it). Discusses how he thinks the catcher position will work out across the organization:
I'd never put much stock in ordinal rankings beyond the top 5 or so. After that, everyone is a lottery ticket, and it's often unclear what actually is being ranked in terms of ceiling/certainty/timing.
I'm not surprised about Mota. He was at FXBG pretty young, has progressed nicely both physically and skills-wise, and has the frame, defensive tools, and batting profile to see a MLB 3B in there. He's still a long way, but he's already had a season-plus in FXBG, so I don't know why he wouldn't go to Wilmington this year.
He's still in lotto-ticket territory, but I'd be tempted to push him higher in these rankings if they're an actual ranking attempt, not lower. For example, he and Dickerson are almost exactly the same age (a couple months apart). Mota OPSed 120 points higher in the same sample size at the same level this year. Unless Dickerson stays at SS and does very well there or becomes a very good CF, that's a pretty big gap to explain ranking the weaker hitter much higher.
He's going to strike out too much whatever level he's at and he's either going to develop HR power or not as he fills out, but none of that is level-dependent.
