D-train wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 6:09 pm
GL_Storm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 6:00 pm
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:56 pm
Yeah, that's the reason why I don't get why the Prospect ranking services and Scouts are so high on him. They act like he is Wade Boggs or George Brett but his production has been good but not great.
Edit: lol Brett only had a .758 OPS as a 20 yo in minors and Boggs .770. Colt is at .790. So much for my argument. lol
I think it's mainly the position he plays and his age relative to the leagues he's been assigned to. There's also a new consensus this year that he is an actual shortstop, as opposed to a high school shortstop that eventually moves off the position and down the defensive spectrum. That adds a lot of value to a potential career.
Yep and now he has proved that he is at least mid power. I think he will hit 20-25 in the PCL next season if that is where he plays...How worried are you about Laz.
I'm fairly down on him right now. Statistically, he doesn't look like a major league hitter and in the video I've seen of him hitting (which is over a year ago so his mechanics may have changed), there's a lot of up and down head movement. Maybe that doesn't mean anything, but most major league hitters have a smooth operation. It's pretty easy for a guy like Laz to end up spending more of his career in Japan than MLB.
