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He wasn't even ranked in the top 100 prospects and was taken right out of high school in the first round. It was a huge gamble to take him there, so maybe the Orioles just lost the gamble.

Not ranked in the top 100 according to who? You'll find huge variances between lists. The Orioles thought he was a high upside bat which he still is.

He wasn't any more of a gamble than any of these other guys are.

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Not ranked in the top 100 according to who? You'll find huge variances between lists. The Orioles thought he was a high upside bat which he still is.

He wasn't any more of a gamble than any of these other guys are.

Fangraphs isn't high on him calling him risky and likely to be a bench bat unless huge improvements are made and Mountcastle ranking high in the Orioles farm system doesn't mean much either considering it's current

condition. He was 122nd on BA top 500, 108 on fangraphs and unranked on BB prospectus. Are they not legit sources? I am not all that impressed by what I have read about him. Not all that great defensively, either.

At this point, I'm just not impressed. I want to see how he develops before I call him a high upside bat.

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Not ranked in the top 100 according to who? You'll find huge variances between lists. The Orioles thought he was a high upside bat which he still is.

He wasn't any more of a gamble than any of these other guys are.

I don't think he was a huge reach either. Looking around and guys that was drafted just after him, it's not like guys have been tearing it up from this draft for the most part. Still a long way to go for him, but he needs to get his plate discipline under control.

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I definitely think baseball needs a full season Rookie league. Players need playing time and innings and having to rush guys to the SALLy League vs a league like the Appy League leaves guys not ready. I guess the reality though is most future big leaguers are ready to compete in Low-A ball. Still, i always wondered if the Appy league ever considered going to full season with the addition of the GCL and AZL.

Something like a full season with Fri/Sat/Sun games for a 1/4 season, then a full schedule of games for a 1/4 season, then repeat. That would enable more true practice time with the coaches and more games than the short-season over a larger stretch of time.

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