An Ethan Salas post

[yoyosh]

Anyone else watching/collecting the youngest prospect on MLBs Top rankings?

Im a fan

[danhardyufc]

Originally Posted by yoyosh

Anyone else watching/collecting the youngest prospect on MLBs Top rankings?

Im a fan

He plays for the local Hi-A team in my area, the Fort Wayne Tincaps. I went to watch him play this past Saturday. He went 0-3 with 3Ks, but made a few good defensive plays.

[rittdk01]

Met him on Sunday and got a bat signed by the team. Great come from behind win for the Tincaps and a nice group of guys.

[yoyosh]

1st home run (FINALLY)!

[jduds]

He's kind of sucked so far this year but he's 17 in High-A ball. He can take five years to figure things out and still be a young rookie.

[SandStoneSports]

I picked up yellow and blue parallels of his 1st Bowman at a card show a few weeks back. Don't love the position, but given how young he is, I figured why not. Hoping to see the batting average go up throughout the remainder of the year.

[cardsin47]

Originally Posted by jduds

He's kind of sucked so far this year but he's 17 in High-A ball. He can take five years to figure things out and still be a young rookie.

That’s exactly right - if we’re talking about Players here while they’re only 17, that’s a good sign that the Scouts see someone potentially special …..

[Funkster]

Originally Posted by jduds

He's kind of sucked so far this year but he's 17 in High-A ball. He can take five years to figure things out and still be a young rookie.

Part of the problem is the hype machine was so amped up (that includes the big prospect publications) that it was inevitable that a 17 year old catcher was going to hit serious bumps and not necessarily rocket to the big leagues before even reaching adulthood.