I'm pretty excited about Adrian Marin

[MachadOboutManny]

19 years old, starting SS for Delmarva, hitting .344/.389/.469. From what I've heard, he's pretty slick on defense, too.

Hes my favorite non pitching prospect in the system. Glad to see hes off to such a hot start.

[cnmilton]

The three position prospects I am intrigued by are Delmonico, Christian Walker, and of cource Adrian Marin.All 3 of these guys I believe have a chance to one day make it to the big league club, even if its for a cup of coffee

[DrungoHazewood]

He's looking like a bust because of 50 AB with a low OPS despite putting up an .856 OPS last year?

Starling is 20 games into his age 20 season and has a solid mid-700s OPS in 289 professional PAs. He was a consensus top 50 prospect about three weeks ago. Calling him a bust seems about 2-3 years premature.

[Tony-OH]

Our top 4 picks (1) Gausman, (2) Kline, (3) Marin, and (4) Walker are all off to nice starts. Of course, at his age, even moreso for Marin.

It's been a long time since that has happened hasn't it? It's really nice to see the top draft picks do well initially instead of having to find excuses as to why they are having a problem adjusting to pro ball.

[Tony-OH]

Not entirely. He's 20 years old. Even guys like Avery and Hoes were in High A at that age. Starling was held back from full season ball last year, all year, a little unusual for such a high pick. Even with that .856 OPS, he struck out 70 times in 200 AB's last year, another red flag. Certainly 50 AB's is much too soon to draw conclusions. Let's just say that 22 strikeouts in his first 49 AB's in low A is a little bit worrisome.

If I had to bet one way or the other, bust or success, I'd go for bust right now. Of course, maybe he can be developed?

All major red flags for me! Too early to throw around the bust word yet, but he's got major bust chances.

[eb45]

If they're still thinking of Rutledge as a starter, he could be at extended spring getting stretched out. When I saw him last summer, his stuff was incredible in the first inning but as early as the second it fell off a ton. Like, three to four miles per hour off the fastball. He's also got some control issues, so he's definitely a bit of a project for a college kid.

[glenn__davis]

The curse lives!

Since the creation of this post, Marin is 4-38 with 10 Ks, 1 BB and 0 XBH.

Frobby, please don't ever say anything nice about me.

[weams]

The curse lives!

Since the creation of this post, Marin is 4-38 with 10 Ks, 1 BB and 0 XBH.

Frobby, please don't ever say anything nice about me.

He never has as far as I am aware.