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Post by boydhurstlovechild on May 20, 2017 1:31:42 GMT -5
I know that 50 at bats can't tell me much about a prospect, but I've always been intrigued by the off the radar kids you had at some point pegged as toolsy but raw. Anything there?
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Post by wskeleton76 on May 20, 2017 2:54:13 GMT -5
He cut down K% from 35.2% to 19%.
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Post by ramireja on May 20, 2017 9:15:47 GMT -5
I posted some of this in a gameday thread but this is a much better place. First, predraft reports on Kemp varied considerably. I believe he was unranked (i.e., not in the top 500) by Baseball America, however MLB had him ranked as high as #111 based largely on the strength of his raw tools while noting his rawness as a baseball player. A write-up in this year's Fangraph organizational rankings caught my attention. Kemp, listed under "other prospects of note", was described by Eric Longenhagen as having "huge raw power and good straight-line speed......I don’t think he’s going to hit, but if he starts to, even a little bit, he instantly becomes a dude because of the power." I knew his tools were solid, but the way his power was described here was attention grabbing. In short, his power/speed combo is intriguing and from a raw tools standpoint, he may have the best combo of the two in our system. So if his improvements as a hitter/overall baseball player are not a mirage, then he immediately becomes a guy in our system. I understand that K rate tends to stabilize faster than other stats but I still want to see where he is at in another 100 PA or so. He definitely has my attention though, and like Ockimey & Chavis, its important to remember he would be a draft eligible junior had he went to college. If he shows success in High-A as a 21 year old, thats a great sign for his development. |
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Post by boydhurstlovechild on May 21, 2017 7:15:04 GMT -5
Don't know what his injury was, but coming off it and hitting over 400 in May is interesting. A power and speed tool guy doing that is at the very least slapping around one hell of a debut in the Sally League.
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Post by boydhurstlovechild on May 21, 2017 7:24:13 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 21, 2017 12:54:41 GMT -5
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Post by telson13 on May 21, 2017 22:23:43 GMT -5
I posted some of this in a gameday thread but this is a much better place. First, predraft reports on Kemp varied considerably. I believe he was unranked (i.e., not in the top 500) by Baseball America, however MLB had him ranked as high as #111 based largely on the strength of his raw tools while noting his rawness as a baseball player. A write-up in this year's Fangraph organizational rankings caught my attention. Kemp, listed under "other prospects of note", was described by Eric Longenhagen as having "huge raw power and good straight-line speed......I don’t think he’s going to hit, but if he starts to, even a little bit, he instantly becomes a dude because of the power." I knew his tools were solid, but the way his power was described here was attention grabbing. In short, his power/speed combo is intriguing and from a raw tools standpoint, he may have the best combo of the two in our system. So if his improvements as a hitter/overall baseball player are not a mirage, then he immediately becomes a guy in our system. I understand that K rate tends to stabilize faster than other stats but I still want to see where he is at in another 100 PA or so. He definitely has my attention though, and like Ockimey & Chavis, its important to remember he would be a draft eligible junior had he went to college. If he shows success in High-A as a 21 year old, thats a great sign for his development. Given his walk rate being similar to last year, and the dramatic K rate improvement, it's definitely encouraging. He's right around the stabilization point for K rate. Plus, your point about being 21 and in high A (as a "raw" player) is exciting too, as are 10 XBH in around 65 PA, with the three triples. Big sleeper potential. www.fangraphs.com/library/principles/sample-size/ |
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Post by mandelbro on May 26, 2017 11:54:43 GMT -5
It would be nice to get some more insight into this player. Still no HR on the season, but an OPS over .1000.
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Post by pd on May 27, 2017 7:34:05 GMT -5
It would be nice to get some more insight into this player. Still no HR on the season, but an OPS over .1000. Good timing, he must have read this and remembered to hit a homer. 1 and counting. |
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Post by Oregon Norm on May 27, 2017 8:22:56 GMT -5
This guy is as good a reason as any to make your contribution to SoxProspects. Call it the Trenton Kemp scouting fund. It's a big reason why I'm going to give. I'm very curious about the rest of the skillset. How does that straightline speed translate in the outfield ? On the basepath? What's the bat speed? How's the arm? He's doing this in Salem. We need scouting eyeballs on this kid.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 8:14:44 GMT -5
I was reading on some sites about Trenton Kemp and learned that in his senior year in high school he ran the 60 yard dash it's 6.46 seconds and the 40 in 4.48 seconds and benched 185 lb 23 times.He was also committed to going to Fresno State University before signing with the Red Sox. I also found a couple sites that said that he had signed to play Australian League Baseball this past winter but could not find his name in any rosters in the league.
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