2024 rookie class check-ins, Part II
Aug 14 2024
Last week, we did a 2024 rookie class check-in, going over what we've seen from the Top 25 prospects and speculating on how their long-term outlook has changed. Given your feedback in the comments on that one, we're continuing that exercise this week, finishing out most of the Top 100 for any prospect that's seen notable MLB time this year.
Same format as last time. Let's get to it; presented in HQ100 order:
Colton Cowser | #26 on the 2024 HQ100
What we've seen: A rollercoaster. Cowser broke camp with the team and had a scorching April (.297 BA, 6 HR, 3 SB), followed by a May/June collapse, and then some summer recovery. Cowser's rolling weighted on-base average (wOBA; league-average .311) from FanGraphs sums it up nicely:
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