Dylan Beavers 2022

[ShoelesJoe]

Playing RF for Delmarva tonight — two singles in four ABs, plus two walks, three RBI, a stolen base, and four runs scored. 
 

Not a bad start for his professional career. 

Edited August 17, 2022 by ShoelesJoe

[cboemmeljr]

 

[emmett16]

Laser up middle on a 1-2 count for a single in first AB.  Kid looks like he has and idea how to hit.  

[emmett16]

Followed it up with a 3b.  Laser to lcf that cf dove & missed.   My wife, who is amazing and a great mother, just asked me if we should nickname him Drilling Beavers.  

[Paul in Virginia]

Minor Monday: Beavers becomes an instant hit for the Shorebirds - BaltimoreBaseball.com

Beavers is slashing .333/.483./511 with four doubles, two triples and eight RBIs in his first 12 games (45 at-bats) in the Florida Complex League and Delmarva.....

 

[Sports Guy]

On 8/20/2022 at 6:45 PM, emmett16 said:

Followed it up with a 3b.  Laser to lcf that cf dove & missed.   My wife, who is amazing and a great mother, just asked me if we should nickname him Drilling Beavers.  

Sounds like a porn star.

[Roll Tide]

 

[baltfan]

Will be our #2 prospect by end of next year 

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Will be our #2 prospect by end of next year 

Now that is one spicy hot take.

[RZNJ]

8 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Will be our #2 prospect by end of next year 

The tough part is guessing who’s still eligible at that time but it’s certainly possible.

[Sports Guy]

20 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Will be our #2 prospect by end of next year 

That would be disappointing to me because that would likely mean that Mayo hasn’t taken the next big step in his development.  

[Frobby]

From Jon Meoli today.   This part of the article is free; the rest is behind a paywall:

Entering this summer’s MLB draft, Dylan Beavers’ swing was the only thing that kept a skillset that features impressive raw power, elite plate discipline and tremendous athleticism out of the first round — and he knew it.

That’s made him quite a willing student since signing with the Orioles as the 33rd overall pick, and the changes are already paying off. Through 13 games with Delmarva, Beavers has nine extra-base hits with a 1.112 OPS and more walks (11) than strikeouts (8). He’s impressed coaches with his appetite for the challenging work they provide, and opposing evaluators are raving; one longtime scout told me he couldn’t remember the last time he put as high a grade as he did on Beavers on a first-year player.

Beavers is barely a month into his pro career, but early returns on a player draft analysts called divisive at the time have proven to be anything but.

“He’s been impressive,” Shorebirds hitting coach Brink Ambler told me. “It’s fun. You can dream a lot — a lot — with it, and the type of person he is and type of kid he is goes a long way to making you feel like he’s going to be a guy that is going to be really, really close to reaching his potential, if he doesn’t max out entirely.”...

https://jonmeoli.substack.com/p/new-orioles-prospect-dylan-beavers

Pretty damned encouraging.  

[RZNJ]

Years ago you would have called that a fluff piece.  Not anymore.  Lol

[RZNJ]

31 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

That would be disappointing to me because that would likely mean that Mayo hasn’t taken the next big step in his development.  

Why couldn’t Mayo take the next step and still be rated behind Beavers?

[Sports Guy]

10 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Why couldn’t Mayo take the next step and still be rated behind Beavers?

I mean I guess he could.  That’s why I said likely.

But the age difference is huge here and if Mayo goes back to AA (which he will) and doesn’t tear it up, that will be disappointing.

If he does and he gets to AAA by June or so and continues a big ascent, Beavers won’t be passing him.   
 

Realistically, Beavers passes Mayo because Mayo hasn’t taken the next step.