MINORS: First-year player draft potential rating buckets (2021)

Photo: Jack Leiter (RHP, TEX)

This is my favorite article of the year. Mostly, because I get to do something before anyone else here at BaseballHQ. I get to assign potential rating grades on first-round picks and say a few words on each guy. This is my third installment of the first-year player draft potential rating bucket series.

Previous articles in series
2020
2019

Evaluations and projections are snapshots in time. It’s not a perfect science. As a prospect writer or scout, you are judged on how reliable you are, and how well you're able to adjust to changes in a player’s development or trends in the game. Having seen Nick Gonzales (2B, PIT) this week, who I slapped an 8A rating on in last year’s edition, I’m reminded how wrong we...

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