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He's got a very short, compact left-handed swing that generates good power to all fields. Seems to have a nice idea of the strike zone and doesn't looked overmatched by offspeed pitches. I need to see him more against upper velocity, but it's hard not to be impressed with his bat. Defensively, he's short for a first baseman (listed generously at 6 ft) and doesn't look like he has a lot of quickness over there, but I haven't seen anything that makes me think he can't play there effectively.

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7 HR so far in 14 games.  OPS of 1.095 so far, which is BETTER than he had in Delmarva.    Let's hope they don't keep him at Aberdeen for very long.

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How legit is this dude?  He’s crushed both A ball levels so far. I’m not beating the drum for a promotion right now, but I do think he should get some AA ABs at some point this year. Since moving up his AVG and OBP have both went down, but he’s carrying a 1.000+ OPS with all those homers. Bowie isn’t exactly a pitcher’s park from what I remember, so that may mitigate some power loss risk. 
 

At 23 he may be a little old for A+, but if he touches Bowie this year then he should be well in our top 30, unless he’s just a DH. 
 

How does he look in the field?

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2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

How legit is this dude?  He’s crushed both A ball levels so far. I’m not beating the drum for a promotion right now, but I do think he should get some AA ABs at some point this year. Since moving up his AVG and OBP have both went down, but he’s carrying a 1.000+ OPS with all those homers. Bowie isn’t exactly a pitcher’s park from what I remember, so that may mitigate some power loss risk. 
 

At 23 he may be a little old for A+, but if he touches Bowie this year then he should be well in our top 30, unless he’s just a DH. 
 

How does he look in the field?

Tony posted his scouting report (defense included) on the first page. I'm not sure if that info has changed much since last month to be honest, I've never seen him play.

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4 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

How legit is this dude?  He’s crushed both A ball levels so far. I’m not beating the drum for a promotion right now, but I do think he should get some AA ABs at some point this year. Since moving up his AVG and OBP have both went down, but he’s carrying a 1.000+ OPS with all those homers. Bowie isn’t exactly a pitcher’s park from what I remember, so that may mitigate some power loss risk. 
 

At 23 he may be a little old for A+, but if he touches Bowie this year then he should be well in our top 30, unless he’s just a DH. 
 

How does he look in the field?

He's base clogging slow, so he's limited to 1B. He's not very big of a target over there but I haven't seen anything that makes me think he can't play over there effectively. 

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59 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

He's base clogging slow, so he's limited to 1B. He's not very big of a target over there but I haven't seen anything that makes me think he can't play over there effectively. 

If Mundy keeps up what he has been doing I think he will be in Bowie by mid July.   He has not been challenged yet and the O's need to keep promoting him until he is.

Welk moves from 1B to 3B when Dorrian is promoted to Norfolk.

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If Mundy keeps up what he has been doing I think he will be in Bowie by mid July.   He has not been challenged yet and the O's need to keep promoting him until he is.

Welk moves from 1B to 3B when Dorrian is promoted to Norfolk.

It would be nice if Mundy got promoted to Bowie and di well in the second half. That would go a long way to cement his prospect status.

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Even if he is 1B/DH only he fills a gap in the system of a power hitting high OBP lefty. Pretty impressive rise through the system for an undrafted free agent. Could fit right in the middle of the order behind Mountcastle and Rutschman with Mullins at the top. Could be quite a coup for Elias if he works out.

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When you have a C like AR that projects to be a MOO bat, then you can get by with a 1B/DH like Nevin, or Mundy batting 7th. 
 

I know we have Mountcastle for 1B, but the emergence of Mundy might make it a little more palatable when/if we trade Mancini. Plus Mundy, Welk, and Dorian are just good stories. 

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On 7/1/2021 at 11:17 PM, Aristotelian said:

Even if he is 1B/DH only he fills a gap in the system of a power hitting high OBP lefty. Pretty impressive rise through the system for an undrafted free agent. Could fit right in the middle of the order behind Mountcastle and Rutschman with Mullins at the top. Could be quite a coup for Elias if he works out.

I think he would have definitely been drafted in a normal year. The O's definitely got a steal here when he agreed to sign.

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On 7/1/2021 at 4:08 PM, Tony-OH said:

It would be nice if Mundy got promoted to Bowie and di well in the second half. That would go a long way to cement his prospect status.

Here's hoping.  If he can do well in the 2nd half in Bowie for this summer then there's a chance he could be in Baltimore next year.  

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Here's hoping.  If he can do well in the 2nd half in Bowie for this summer then there's a chance he could be in Baltimore next year.  

Despite his early success, his odds of making it to the majors next year are really slim.   His odds of ever making it that far are maybe 1 in 4 I’d say.   But I hope I’m wrong.   

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Despite his early success, his odds of making it to the majors next year are really slim.   His odds of ever making it that far are maybe 1 in 4 I’d say.   But I hope I’m wrong.   

Yep, that's why I think he should get up to Bowie for a good look this summer.  It's clear he's mashing in the lower levels.  

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