As a switch hitting shortstop-only profile, he is likely on the fence between Tier 2 and Tier 3. Although Davis' numbers may not be mind blowing, he's only played in 167 games in his entire MiLB career. Would like to see if that is a consistent thing and perhaps an adjustment can be made or if that was just the short video I saw. Carter Jensen - C (Royals, 1st Base and Auto, 78/112) - Another risky prep catcher profile and there are some that think Jensen may not stick there. In other words, there is a lot of work to be done with his secondaries. Jackson Jobe - RHP (Tigers, 1st Base and Auto, 3/5) - The best prep pitcher in the draft and likely in the product given that Jack Leiter has been held out for 2022 Bowman. At worst, a high leverage bullpen floor, and at best, a mid-rotation starter with potentially more if the stars align. A real steady Eddie type that will eat innings for the Angels in the future. For those who havent, check out my blurb on it in my 2021 Bowman Baseball preview here. Draft. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Preview and Checklist - Sports Collectors Daily Billed as a hit-over-power hitter, he surprisingly put up 17 home runs in 59 college games this year. 2022 Bowman Heritage Prospects Live Articles Prospects Live Chicago-area prospects growing together in DREAM Series. Tier 2 without a doubt and someone I look forward to watching develop. Prototype size at 6'4" 230-ish pounds. Solid player, but no carrying tools. There is almost no video out there, so he is a hard-to-evaluate arm at the moment. Frank Mozzicato - LHP (Royals, 1st Base and Auto, 7/49) - The biggest surprise in the top ten overall picks and perhaps the entire first round was the Royals taking Mozzicato at 7th overall. (1:12 Hobby Packs) Chrome Draft Pick Autographs Parallels - Max /99. His curve is probably his best pitch, but all of them are in the average realm. He should have no problem sticking in centerfield even when he likely adds more muscle and mass to his slender 6'4" frame. Tagged: Joe Lowry, Topps, . Watching a start of his in Low A and it was swing and miss after swing and miss on his fastball. 21 overall prospect (down six spots from Murphy's previous ranking of No. You've probably heard the term "five-tool player" used to describe top prospects. Good size at 6'3" and 220 pounds, he is one of the older prep players having turned 20 at the end of this past October. An inconsistent backend starter type with command and control issues that lead to bullpen risk is going to end up in Tier None almost every time. A high floor for the smaller statured pitcher, but not a high ceiling either. The 2020 first round pick (28th overall), Wells is a stocky left handed hitter at 6'2" 228 lbs who employs a short stroke that helped him slash .264/.390/.476 in 2021. . With power being the most coveted hobby tool, I am going to push Holgate into the bottom half of Tier 2 even with his hit deficiencies. Taking a look at video from the Circuit was a bit of a concern, especially hitting from the left-hand side. In a small sample size minor league season spent mostly at Low A, Binelas absolutely raked. March 3, 2023. He'll be a Tier None player for me until we see which way his development path trends towards. Decent approach, decent hit tool, could show some power, but nothing really to get excited about. Jumbo Hobby box - guarantees 3 autos and is roughly $400 pre-sale per box. 2021 Bowman Card Prices | PSA & Ungraded Values - SportsCardsPro Missing an effective third pitch. Sal Frelick - OF (Brewers, 1st Base and Auto, 15/10) - The Brewers 1st rounder out of Boston College has a really high floor given the strength of his plus hit tool, double plus speed, and strong plate skills. However, given his defensive concerns and uncertainty, if he will be a 25+ home run hitter, I will put him at the top of Tier 2. Also has a slider which I didn't see. Also throws a changeup that tunnels well with his fastball. Micah Ottenbreit - RHP (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 114/155) - Lanky prep right-hander standing 6'4" that looks like a back-end starter that will need a lot of development work to get there. Not like Cleveland will need it given their depth at the position. On with the show! A competent shortstop, he was being considered in round 1 but ultimately fell to the Braves in round 2 on an underslot deal. He throws a high spin rate fastball in the mid-90s with a top shelf plus curveball that gets whiffs aplenty. For example, if I had done Tiers for 2020 Bowman Draft, I would have had double the amount of players in Tier 1. He's an easy Tier None call for the moment but someone to keep an eye on because the raw stuff is there to become a lot more. Hits to all fields, gets the bat through the zone with a nice lofted swing, shows very good plate skills with the ability to take as many walks as he does strikeouts. Estimated Release Date: December 29, 2021 Hobby Jumbo Configuration: 32 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 8 boxes per case Brendan Beck - RHP (Yankees, 1st Base and Auto, 55/157) - Younger brother of Giants farmhand Tristan Beck was passed over in the COVID shortened 2020 draft and came back to Stanford for his senior season to be the staff ace. Power/Speed combo players. Merrill had a growth spurt as a prep Senior that led to the increased punch with the bat and drew much more interest, landing him an underslot deal with the Padres at the end of the 1st round. Jackson Wolf - LHP (Padres, 1st Base only, 129/475) - The 4th year Senior left-hander out of West Virginia was a starter in college but projects more as a bullpen arm. 2021 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release April 28th. I think I saw one changeup that missed completely. Has a very patient approach and the willingness to take the base on balls. Hill is truly a low-floor high ceiling player here - injury concerns and one of the worst orgs to develop in and big league parks to call home but with serious front-line stuff potential. Definitely a player to watch to see if he can lessen that swing and miss. Sold out for pull-side power in the Circuit season which lead to swing and miss concerns, but righted the ship during the spring prep season where I saw him deposit the ball over the fence to centerfield and some opposite-field shots as well. Does 2021 Bowman Draft live up to those expectations? On the smaller side at the moment, you hope he adds just a bit more size to really cement his ability to stick at short, but 2B is a definite long-term possibility. His best secondary is a slider, which is where he does get the swing and miss and it plays well off of his steady diet of upper quadrant fastballs. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball storms back for another monster offering featuring a fresh crop of Baseball draft picks and emerging prospects! Joe Mack - C (Marlins, 1st Base and Auto, 31/28) - The 2nd prep catcher off the board is expected to be able to stick behind the dish given his prowess in the crouch. The nice thing about Bowman Draft, in contrast to the other core Bowman releases of Bowman Baseball and Bowman Chrome, is that you dont have any active MLB players in the product. Ryan Cusick - RHP (Braves, 1st Base and Auto, 24/24) - The Braves 1st round selection out of Wake Forest throws gas and has all of the under the cover stats to support what is overall a double plus fastball. Additional fastball velocity and/or increased development of his other secondaries will cement his big league status and I am betting on the Brewers dev org to do just that. Yorke was ranked No. Dustin Saenz - LHP (Nationals, 1st Base only, 112/103) - The National's fourth-round pick out of Texas A&M didn't get drafted in the COVID-shortened 2020 draft. Potential for being perennial All-Stars and award winners. Outside of the 1st Bowman prospects above, you will also get plenty of base and autos from non-1st Bowman prospects. With his small sample size of Complex games in 2021, the Rockies had him mostly at catcher with the rest of his games at DH. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Set comes in Paper and Chrome versions with multiple parallels for each and features the top picks and prospects all collectors will be hunting! Other than building innings, there isn't much more he can do unless the Yankees can squeeze some more fastball velocity out of his arm. However he moves forward with that or without it, the missing ingredient is getting the hit tool up to the level of all his other tools, or close to it. Putting him at the top of Tier 3 and keeping a close eye on how his power develops; if it comes, he's an easy Tier 2 player. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2021 Bowman Draft Marcelo Mayer 1st Prospect #BD-174 Red Sox PSA 10 GEM (21) at the best online prices at eBay! But also not great because that changeup or curveball need to show up to reach his potential as a front-line rotation guy which is definitely in the cards. High-floor low ceiling backend starting pitchers are an easy slot into Tier None which is where I have Marceaux. Follow our 2023 NFL Combine tracker, top performers, participants, live results and commentary. Not a ton of video to watch, but he has a swing geared for power and reportedly hit one out almost 500 feet in the Complex league. A right-handed prep pitcher out of Pennsylvania had a tough guy in the All-Star circuit in 2020, but came back strong in the spring. Tennessee Football: Seven Vols head to Indy, NFL Combine full schedule Really raw from a pitching standpoint. 2021 Bowman - BaseballCardPedia.com His floor is a high leverage relief arm with an outside shot at a backend rotation guy, but that will take some refinement to get there. Has the arm but not ideal receiving skills for the position. I really want to get more eyes on him in 2022 to see how he handles big boy competition, but I think there is serious upside here with his potential plus power lefty swing. I seriously went back and forth here on which side of the fence to put Zavala because I like the offensive profile quite a bit. Does 2021 Bowman Draft live up to those expectations? Defensive ability to stick at shortstop although it wouldn't be a surprise if he ends up at third base at some point in his career. He starts with an open-face stance and seemed to really sell out for power with a very unbalanced finish. 2021 Bowman - Prospects Baseball Checklist | Trading Card Database Every MLB Team's Most Impressive Prospect in 2021 Not nearly as highly valued, but still worth being aware of and collecting, perhaps at a cheaper price point than their 1st Bowman cards. If he does, then he becomes a potential high leverage arm. Maddux Bruns - LHP (Dodgers, 1st Base and Auto, 29/68) - Ideal landing spot for Bruns as he gets into a top dev org. Add to Wishlist Release Date: 4/28/21 UPC: 887521097494 FREE Shipping Available* Ian Moller - C (Rangers, 1st Base only, 103/118) - Prep catchers are often a dart throw, especially regarding if they can stick behind the plate or not. A high-risk Tier 1 player for me given the missing ingredient, but that power speed archetype that Montgomery possesses in spades can be hobby gold. He'll also throw an average slider and changeup, but I rarely saw it in the starts I watched. Reed Trimble - OF (Orioles, 1st Base only, 65/148) - The Orioles Comp B pick at 65th overall was one of the younger college players drafted this year. Bryce Miller - RHP (Mariners, 1st Base and Auto, 113/122) - In general a profile like Miller's would be an easy Tier None call. Essentially, good luck if he figures out his command. He didn't get a hit, but he actually had the best contact of all of the A's facing Bachman with a sharply hit ground ball to the pull side that he was thrown out on. A Tier None profile for now, but given where he started and where he's at now, someone I want to keep an eye on as there may be even more there with the hard work he's shown he is willing to put in. With just two pitches and some injury history, the relief risk is real. An easy Tier None choice for now, but I can squint and see a potential mid-rotation, Tier 3 starting pitcher at some point in his future. Middle of Tier None pitcher with the Rockies drag keeping him from Tier 3 consideration. It is the gold standard and what I am going to focus on as the main attraction. Anthony Solometo - LHP (Pirates, 1st Auto only, 37/34) - Player comps are hard and often wrong which is why I try to stay away from them as much as possible. He has a low to mid 90's fastball and reportedly can reach back for more and pairs that with average-ish sliders and changeups. However, he went Complex as a hitter only. If the Nats can follow the Dodgers development model of drafting hitters and adding the pop through swing adjustments, Boissiere becomes a much more interesting player. Lite Hobby box - no guaranteed hit, but guaranteed 5 Lite-exclusive Black & White RayWave refractor parallels and is roughly $150 pre-sale per box. Ty Madden - RHP (Tigers, 1st Base only, 32/13) - The Tigers Comp A pick out of the University of Texas has the prototypical starting pitcher frame featuring a plus slider and an above-average fastball that he runs up into the high 90s. A top 10 player in our Data Driven Top 500 with double plus max velo, BB%, and Chase %, I really want to take a bit of a leap and put him in the bottom of Tier 1. When it's on, the curveball is a nice 11-5 swing and miss pitch that tunnels well with his fastball. I am making an exception because his fastball is seriously special. Strong plate approach but average hit tool and maybe a chip in steal here or there sums up the rest of the offensive package. Tommy Mace - RHP (Guardians, 1st Base and Auto, 69/42) - You take a look at Tommy Mace getting off the bus and you think "this is a big league starter". The 12-6 curveball looks especially pretty and the changeup has really nice fade. Plus mechanics from a 3/4 slot that is fluid and repeatable. I saw him regularly missing this pitch to his arm-side. . More than likely a table setting second division regular outcome. Has an average changeup for his third pitch, but doesn't have much faith to throw it regularly. 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The fastball appears above average with the horizontal arm side run to it. There are other prospects who have extremely short runs of autogrpahs in Bowman Draft, such as Mikey Romero in 2022 and Anthony . Given his small sample size Complex league showing not being the best with a 34 K%, I am going to hold off on a Tier 1 ranking. The Padres are giving him an opportunity to start for now, but he's a tough at bat for lefties and I would speculate that he eventually gets moved to the bullpen to come in against a tough left-handed portion of a lineup. A projectable Tier 2 player that has a low floor if he can't translate the tools and the high ceiling of a Tier 1 five-tool player if he does. Lacking any further info, I am going to stick him in Tier None and make a point to get more looks at him in 2022 to see if there is a reason he didn't make it into the Prospects Live top 600 draft prospects pre-draft but was taken in the 4th round by the Diamondbacks besides getting a savings of almost $200K. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box - Blowout Cards Jaden Hill - RHP (Rockies, 1st Base and Auto, 68/101) - If Jaden Hill was injury free, he would almost certainly be a Tier 2 arm. Click on a Card detail page to see historic prices and values for all different grades. He did go from a beanpole appearance to a solid 6'5" 200-ish frame in that time, so he put that to good use. Fills up the zone and gets a lot of strikeouts. New Price eBay. Tanner Allen - OF (Marlins, 1st Base and Auto, 118/119) - 5th year Senior out of Mississippi State that was an underslot sign to help support the Khalil Watson pick. This one is likely a slow burn as he fills out and gets shaped by MLB dev staff. Never going to steal bases is probably the biggest negative. 'I'm a catcher:' Rose stands out at MLB DREAM Series. Prep catcher penalty plus hit tool concerns leads me to placing Moller in the middle of Tier 3. He tended to mostly throw this to his arm side and was inconsistent with location from what I saw. Brand Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects 21 $519.99 Product Details Set Checklist Shop Boxes Product Details User Rating: Rating: 3.8 Rate This Product Putting the final bow on the main run of Topps' MLB prospect releases for the year, 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball focuses on top picks from the 2021 MLB Draft. Marcelo Mayer - SS (Red Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 4/1) - The 4th overall pick in the draft, that spot was likely the floor for him as he was a popular pick for the top overall pick in many mock drafts. He leads with an eye-popping fastball in the upper 90's that can touch triple digits that lives mostly in the middle to upper half of the zone and has some arm side tail. If not for that, he likely doesn't get past the single digits in round 1; in this case, he "fell" to the middle of round 1. Not to mention two of the potential bigger names that ended up not signing in Kumar Rocker and Jud Fabian. If he can figure that out, he gets a lot more interesting as his plus power now becomes dangerous, something we like to see in the hobby. He will likely get double-digit steals even with a shorter, stouter build. If he can turn his batting practice power into game power without negatively impacting his contact and plate skills, then he will shoot up the Tiers. All Lists Top 500 Dynasty Prospects ($) . Throws both four-seamer and a cutter that are in the low 90s with an above-average slider and a changeup. A raw, prep right-hander that likely adds more weight, wasn't exactly hitting his spots regularly, and with plenty of development required to really have a good idea of what he will be is going to land in Tier None quite regularly. A coin flip for me between the top of Tier 3 and the bottom half of Tier 2, but given the draft pedigree of the first round, I am going to lean Tier 2 here. Robo umps may make that less of a concern. to be found here. Elite SP 1 pitchers (very rare). He went from a low 90s fastball that looked relatively straight in 2020 to a 93-94 with movement. Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com Given his family and draft pedigree, ability to stick at one of the most valuable positions in the hobby, and the promise of power from the right-hand side, I will go with a Tier 3 ranking with an eye towards seeing how the power develops. I feel conflicted on whether to include House in Tier One, which is where I am going to guess the Hobby will value him, or to put him more in the top of the Tier Two range given his negatives. At the moment he may not have a profile as an everyday regular in some people's eyes, but I can easily see it. 2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Connor Norby 1st Prospect Auto #CDA-CN Orioles T.J. White - 1B/OF (Nationals, 1st Base and Auto, 143/399) - The South Carolina prep outfielder has a nice athletic frame with a muscular lower half that generates plus power but plenty of swing and miss. Fastball lives in the low 90's with the slider in the mid-80's as his best secondary. Watching a start of his against a good Low A squad in the Carolina Mudcats, he was leaning heavily on it and more often than not was getting a lot of swing and misses with it. Drew Gray - LHP (Cubs, 1st Base and Auto, 93/149) - Cubs third-round pick out of the prep factory IMG Academy who was a two-player there. Will regularly throw all three of his secondaries with the slider and curveball being above average to plus offerings. But, with the Red Sox bump, I could see some short term value in the future in the mold of Nick Maton where he debuts with a hot 3-4 weeks and his 1st Bowmans base autos go for $50+ instead of the $10 they likely should go for long term.
