BA Top 30 (Baltimore)

[jerios55]

Well, as soon as high jumping becomes an important part of baseball, Hudson should be great. Maybe he'll hurdle a CF fence on his way to making a catch.

Or jumping over Wieters at home plate (scrimmage of course) He'd need to be near his best.

[Tony-OH]

Just fwiw, I think Hudson and Angle are startlingly similar. They both did great in 3 years in the Big 10 with no power at the same ages. They both have shown the ability in the minors to get on base and steal bases. They're both a year or 2 older than you'd like at their level of development - to be a prospect that you'd depend on. They're both CFers. I'd give Hudson a slight edge for the unknown in his future development. We've seen Angle's numbers go down a little bit as he's progressed, and we don't know... if Hudson's will do the same. And he's a bit bigger (that's not saying much), so there's more hope he can get stronger.

Kyle Hudson career slash .277/.366/.305/.672

Matt Angle career slash .292/.388/.361/.749

Kyle Hudson stolen base 38 SB to 19 CS for a 66.7% success rate

Matt Angle stolen base 113 SB to 27 CS for a 80.7% success rate

Angle is a much better defensive outfielder with better routes, jumps and a better arm. Hudson has also only played 34 games in center in his career.

I think you and I have a different view of being "startlingly similar."