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Saturday, 30 September 2017

Leody Taveras #3 in Baseball America South Atlantic League Top 20 prospect list

Source: www.lonestarball.com --- Friday, September 29, 2017
The Rangers placed outfielder Leody Taveras near the top of the Sally League top 20 list The Texas Rangers placed one player, Leody Taveras, in the South Atlantic League top 20 prospect list that just came out from Baseball America. Leody, a switch-hitting 18 year old center fielder, is widely considered the Rangers’ top prospect, and is generally seen as a consensus top 30-50 prospect in all of Baseball. He trailed two other teenage outfielders from Latin America in the Sally League rankings — Sixto Sanchez of the Phillies and Estevan Florial of the Yankees. Taveras garners praise for his all-around game, and is a potential five-tool guy. The comparison that you most often see invoked when talking about Leody’s potential upside is Carlos Beltran. The highest-ranked player for Hickory after Leody is probably pitcher Kyle Cody, a 2016 draft pick out of Kentucky who had a solid year and earned a late-season promotion to Down East. I think he would have a decent case for being included on this list, though so do several other players around the league who didn’t make the cut. ...



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