Backend starter potential with perhaps some more when added mass leads to increased fastball velocity. I'll drop him into the top of Tier None for now. Davis may not stick behind the plate because he's not an ideal receiver, even with a double-plus howitzer for an arm. His main secondary, which he will throw a lot, is a very hard gyro slider that will touch the low 90's and breaks glove side. An inconsistent backend starter type with command and control issues that lead to bullpen risk is going to end up in Tier None almost every time. Doesn't have a slam dunk home on the infield, but should be able to play both second and third base as well as shortstop in a pinch. Cutter is likely his best pitch. That may be a tall task with the current state of Rockies player development, but fingers crossed it happens. He doesn't profile as ever having more than average power. With full run, he could hit for a good average, get 20 home runs, and steal 20 bases. As he learns how to pitch with an exclusive focus on the mound, I can see Gray jumping up the lists and Tiers, but for now, I will slot him into the top of Tier None. Michael Morales - RHP (Mariners, 1st Base and Auto, 83/130) - The Vanderbilt commit took an overslot deal to break that commitment as it is one of the harder colleges to get guys away from. With some velo uptick, I could see McDermott cementing his role as a backend SP, but probably not much more than a mid-rotation SP at best, which keeps him in Tier None for now and possibly a Tier 3 guy at peak. Most evaluators believe he doesn't stick behind the plate as his receiving skills are not up to par but he does have the arm strength to gun down runners. This is a hobby lottery ticket assuming he is cheap. For now, he will be more of that extreme risk prep righty in Tier 2 that could move up and down the Tiers regularly as he develops. He has all the tools to stick at shortstop which gives him a nice floor. He'll be a Tier None player for me until we see which way his development path trends towards. Hill is truly a low-floor high ceiling player here - injury concerns and one of the worst orgs to develop in and big league parks to call home but with serious front-line stuff potential. 2023 NFL Combine Player Participants - NFL.com Steven Hajjar - LHP (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 61/114) - A well-known name since his prep days, Hajjar was taken in the second round by the Twins at slot value. A variety of different opinions out there on Trimble on whether he can hit for power in the pros, but everyone agrees that he has the speed to steal double-digit bases in the show. When it's on, the curveball is a nice 11-5 swing and miss pitch that tunnels well with his fastball. Changeup wasn't great and he has trouble commanding it in the looks I had. Features a low to mid 90's fastball and a plus sweeping slider that play up due to his arm angle and height. He'll mix in a low 90s fastball as his main secondary pitch with below-average curveball and a rare changeup. There is almost no video out there, so he is a hard-to-evaluate arm at the moment. Most of the big names are in here - Marcelo Mayer, Jordan Lawlar, Brady House, Henry Davis. 21 overall prospect (down six spots from Murphy's previous ranking of No. He apparently will throw an inconsistent changeup infrequently as his third pitch, but I never saw it in the video I watched. You've probably heard the term "five-tool player" used to describe top prospects. This keeps Del Castillo in the top half of Tier 3. High-floor low ceiling backend starting pitchers are an easy slot into Tier None which is where I have Marceaux. If he does, then he becomes a potential high leverage arm. Combine all of this with his high draft stock and it's an easy Tier 2 call making him my top pitcher in the product. Fills up the zone and relies on weak contact and plus command with his four-pitch mix. Solid player, but no carrying tools. Tennessee Football: Seven Vols head to Indy, NFL Combine full schedule But like the rest of the guys with this profile, keep tabs on them. Brooks Gosswein - RHP (White Sox, 1st Base only, 124/215) - Fourth-year senior that jumped into rounds 3 - 6 conversation when the left-handed pitcher started hitting 95 on the gun and spinning plus curveballs. Looks to get weak contact and ground balls featuring mainly a sinker/slider combo and will mix in a changeup. A very strong final season in Westwood was followed up by a disappointing 25 game sample at Low A in 2021, especially when you were hoping to see some power continue from what he started to show at the end of his stint at UCLA. More often than not, the curveball and slider were either hit hard or taken for a strike middle-middle because the hitters were so geared towards the fastball. But without an elite hobby skill, he is on that threshold of Tier None/Tier 3. Both pitches are double plus killers when they are on. Williams turned out to be a pretty strong swimmer as he went from an interesting relief arm to a dominant ace in his senior season at East Carolina. A lefty prep shortstop out of Maryland, he has that classic left-handed swing geared for the lower quadrant of the zone. I'll slide House into the bottom of Tier One and be cautious with him due to what I see as lower floor than other guys in this Tier, but his ceiling is undeniable. When it comes to prospect products, the 1st Bowman logo is all that and then some. Austin Love - RHP (Cardinals, 1st Base and Auto, 90/168) - The Friday night starter for the Tar Heels in 2021 was drafted in the third round by the Cardinals and will likely be given a shot to continue to start before he most likely gets pushed to the bullpen. Frank Mozzicato - LHP (Royals, 1st Base and Auto, 7/49) - The biggest surprise in the top ten overall picks and perhaps the entire first round was the Royals taking Mozzicato at 7th overall. 2021 Bowman Card Prices | PSA & Ungraded Values - SportsCardsPro In addition, the Giants dev org, especially with pitching, has taken a Giant leap forward (see what I did there?) While Binelas has mainly played third base, his lack of arm and athleticism will push him to first base long term, further pressuring his power over hit profile to improve in both areas. The Big Names We'll Be Chasing In 2021 Bowman - Prospects1500 Plus hit tool with a plus plate approach, regularly putting up more walks than strikeouts, and the ability to steal bases at a bit more than just the chip-in steal type are all great ingredients to building a Tier 1 hobby player. Has the skill set to stick behind the plate, but given his athletic profile, it is regularly speculated that he ends up somewhere else on the field by the time he gets to the big league. Click on a Card detail page to see historic prices and values for all different grades. . An easy Tier None choice for now, but I can squint and see a potential mid-rotation, Tier 3 starting pitcher at some point in his future. 2021 Bowman - Prospects. Tyler McDonough - 2B/OF (Red Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 75/207) - No real standout tools but no real deficiencies either. I have broken down these 1st prospects into four tiers based on a combination of my perception of hobby interest and my own personal long-term hobby outlook. Still more raw power than game power, but plus max velo, willingness to take a walk, and not chasing out of the zone are all a good foundation. Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Sports Trading Cards, Watching a start of his in Low A and it was swing and miss after swing and miss on his fastball. He doesn't look to be swinging with any sort of authority with a swing more line drive-oriented than power producing. For now, he hangs out towards the top of Tier 4. The Vanderbilt University product was the fifth overall draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays last year and is ranked as baseball's 20th overall prospect by MLB Pipeline. If youve seen 2021 Bowman Baseball released earlier this year, then you can skip right over this section. Also throws a changeup that tunnels well with his fastball. Unfortunately, that's why he is going to end up in Tier 2 as opposed to Tier 1, as much as I believe in how good Frelick will be with plenty of all-star games in his future. Has the arm and glove to be able to stick at third base. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball Preview and Checklist - Sports Collectors Daily His fastball is often in the upper half of the zone, which is great for setting up his off-speed, but it lacks top end velocity and deception, which can lead to the pitch being hittable. The deck is stacked against hit-only corner players, but given the strength of Manzardo's hit tool and the associated plate skills, I am going to slot him into the bottom half of Tier 3 and cross my fingers his power continues to trend in the right direction. A real steady Eddie type that will eat innings for the Angels in the future. Christian Scott - RHP (Mets, 1st Auto only, 142/330) - Two pitch late innings reliever out of the University of Florida. On the plus side, he has strong plate skills in that he rarely strikes out and regularly puts up high OBP marks. He is more of an above-average hit tool with average pop and good plate skills. Keep all of those things in mind as you read my breakdown when formulating your own tiers and evaluations, and as you are buying boxes, singles, and into breaks for 2021 Bowman Draft. Lonnie White Jr. - OF (Pirates, 1st Base and Auto, 64/35) - Along with Chandler, the Pirates used their underslot choice of Henry Davis at 1-1 to steal away a big time football commit with White, a potential star wide receiver headed to Penn State. Shows patience at the plate with more walks than strikeouts in his final season at Arizona as well as in his first go at the Minors. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2021 Bowman Chrome Draft Gavin Williams Refractor Prospect #BDC-93 Indians at the best online prices at eBay! That puts me in a conundrum of whether to bump CES up to Tier 2 based on performance or Tier 3 based on tools. Top 20 Prospects on the 2021 Bowman Draft Checklist! Tier None slotting with an outside chance of ticking up to Tier 3. Cooper Bowman - 2B (Yankees, 1st Base only, 122/186) - If you haven't heard them already, get ready to hear them regularly as every breaker and collector who hits a Cooper Bowman card will squeeze whatever jokes are possible out of him being in a Bowman product. The product isnt terrible and there are plenty of players I like and would love to own their cards. He was a more than competent shortstop in college, but for now, that isn't in the cards. His curve is probably his best pitch, but all of them are in the average realm. However he moves forward with that or without it, the missing ingredient is getting the hit tool up to the level of all his other tools, or close to it. Christian Encarnacion-Strand - 3B (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 128/177) - The Twins fourth round selection out of Oklahoma State has some questions on whether he can stick at third base which puts further pressure on his offensive profile if he has to kick over to first base or even DH. Sold out for pull-side power in the Circuit season which lead to swing and miss concerns, but righted the ship during the spring prep season where I saw him deposit the ball over the fence to centerfield and some opposite-field shots as well. If he can't, he focuses on upping the fastball velocity and becoming a two-pitch high leverage reliever. There are other prospects who have extremely short runs of autogrpahs in Bowman Draft, such as Mikey Romero in 2022 and Anthony . Baseball Card Price Guide. The past three years of Bowman Draft have set an extremely high bar with the strength of its checklist. If he can be a 20/20 guy, then he suddenly jumps into Tier 3 if not Tier 2 depending on how well he can keep up his average. There is very little video and the two games he did pitch in Visalia this year are not available on MiLB TV. At his best, he is probably more of a hit-over-power second baseman or center fielder with plus speed and a strong on-base approach. Baseball's number two prospect hit a whopping .347 in 2021 and flashed his power ability as well with 13 long balls over 291 . 2021 NBA Draft: Top 30 prospect rankings, scouting reports - Sports Where Murphy landed in Kiper's latest mock draft 2020 Bowman Draft Baseball Checklist - Breakninja Eric Silva - RHP (Giants, 1st Base only, 115/162) - Giants took the Kyle Harrison approach again with taking a prep arm and paying him overslot money - in Silva's case, a million dollars over slot. Had some command issues and got touched up a bit on the circuit, but righted the ship in the spring and got a ton of strikeouts. 4 for being the 4th overall selection in the 2021 MLB Draft and 1 for his ranking in our Top 600. Mid-90's fastball that he throws often with good IVB numbers and good location. Low 90s velocity on his fastball currently that will need to see an uptick. When I watch video of him, I see a professional baseball player all around.