While this is true this draft class definitely does seem an instant success like last years did at this point. Seems like Brewers tried to replicate last years strategy and were not nearly as successful at the execution as they were last season.
With Smith signed that leaves $585,580 left in bonus pool money. We have heard zero rumors of the others signing, so I guess we wait and see. Nunnallee is surely off the board now, but maybe Wech, Brummel, or Malamazian sign.
Yeah I imagine most players that age that are putting up EV like that are making significantly less contact overall. Made seems like a star in the making. Really hoping he pans out!
With the rumored Renz and Smith signings, it begins difficult to think about how they could spin Nunnallee. Hopefully they get one of Wech/Brummel and Malamazian and if they aren't signing Nunnallee.
It's funny @Spencer Michaelis said to me that he probably would be transferring to Wake Forest or some other big powerhouse college program from Michigan State and would be in line to be a 1st round pick if he didn't end up signing.
As for the Top 100 prospect thing, I'd probably say no because his swing has quite a bit going on which will turn off some evaluators and there are some defensive question marks at 3B.
Really the issue with Mitchell is that he appears to have a Hiura-esque hole at the top of the zone. The defense, baserunning, and plate discipline all being significantly better give him a real shot to make a high K profile work, but I think the high FB is always going to be an issue.
Murphy was really just setting him up for failure. Mitchel struggles against FB with ride and you use him against a pitcher whose best pitch is a FB with ride.
1 Braves hitter hit his FB. Outside of that 3 struck out, 1 popped out, and 2 hit relative routine lineouts. So 1/7 against his FB is definitely a sign of them having no problems against it.
Mears has pitched 2 games and I'm already dead tired of the "his FB has no movement" comments that I'm seeing all over social media. Dude has the 10th best FB stuff+ among pitchers with 30 IP this year. His FB is genuinely awesome. Yes it's straight but it generates a ridiculous amount of ride. Over the top pitchers like Mears, Megill, Myers all struggle getting horizontal break on their FB but have great ride because over the top arm motions make it far easier to generate backspin and far more difficult to generate side spin.
He also just doesn't move. He would probably have like 60-80% fewer HBP if he just moved out of the way, but if the pitch is coming at him he just stands there and eats it. He's also good at dipping his padded elbows into pitches.