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Donta Williams 2022

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He's gotten my attention in the Aberdeen box scores. Fourth round college senior pick in 2021.  Doesn't actually turn 23 until 6/30 so he was young for the class  

He is at .368 .519 .474 in 27 PA in Aberdeen with a 6:4 BB/K ratio.  He had 20 BB to only 16 K's in 99 PA in Delmarva last year and got on base at a .434 clip.  Has speed and can play all three outfield positions. 

No power but seems like a high floor guy who has a good chance to be a fourth outfielder in the big leagues.  We could end up with at least three big league outfielders from last year's draft with Cowser, Rhodes, and now Williams.  Not bad. 

 

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Donta Williams is out Cowsering Cowser in the elite strike zone management category right now.    It looks like he doesn't have much power which is the biggest drawback.   I agree that he's a 4th outfielder type but if he could show 15 homer type power he might become a legitmate starter type prospect.   I like to look at the walk to strikeout ratio at each level and it usually correlates to the best prospects.   

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Williams has some speed and looks like a leadoff hitter to me.  Doesn't switch hit, but reminds me of Don Buford as a compact player with a little power (I'm projecting from 4 XBH in 23 ABs this season), solid average, and a lot of walks.  Right now he has a .526 BABIP, which he will not maintain, but his relatively high K rate is a function of his patience in part going deeper into counts more often.  Put him at the top of the lineup and let him grind out long PAs every night.

He's still a long way from the bigs, but I think it's reasonable to hope he could advance to Norfolk by the beginning of 2023.

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