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commitment for an above slot $800,000 bonus. One of the youngest players in his draft class, “toolsy” and “raw” were the word most often associated with Brown. Most teams preferred to let Brown go to school, but the Jays bet on their ability to develop his talent and rolled the dice at a spot where if he were even moderately successful in college he would not later be available.
By contrast, 2022 was a step forward. He improved to .279/.369/.450 in 162 PA repeating Dunedin for a 135 wRC+. Although BABIP inflated , more fundamentally the strikeout rate came back in to 28% with some pop. Even better, it carried over to a second half promotion to high-A Vancouver, .298/.392/.411. Again, BABIP inflated, but the K/BB stuck and he was facing a lot of experienced college pitchers.
So far however, that is yet to translate into significant on-field performance in his two seasons. In 2021, Beltre put up a .225/.391/.346 line in 238 PA at the DSL complexes. Some encouraging signs were below the hood, as it was suppressed by a .258 BABIP, he walked more than he struck out , and managed 17 extra base hits. But 2022 brought a similarly mediocre .234/.351/.310 line in 206 PA on the Florida complexes with the power drying up.
The real challenge would be more age-and-experience-appropriate competition in 2022, but Palmegiani was more than equal to the task. Split across first low-A Dunedin and then high-A Vancouver, he hit .239/.342/.473 across 500 PA, with 24 home runs among 50 extra base hits. At both stops he showed a good eye, drawing walks at a 10% clip. While there’s some swing and miss, he limited the strikeouts to 21-22%.
That carried over to his first couple pro seasons in Vancouver . Combined, he walked about 15% of the time while striking out 19% with modest gap power and decent average. Moved up to AA New Hampshire for 2022, Morris took the profile to another level, walking as often as he struck out en route to a .312/.430/.468 line in 186 PA before moving up to Buffalo.
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