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Sam Dykstra

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

And then Austin Overn is at 22.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

I felt a little bad putting Cade Modine at 13 because he was somebody I really liked going into the draft.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

He's somebody who – there's not a ton of power there, but there's a really good hit tool as a switch hitter.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

Switching catcher, those are always going to pop.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

The arm isn't like exceptional for arm strength, but he gets it out really quick at 39% caught stealing rate last year.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

He's a really good framer.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

One of the best in college baseball was kind of a leader for that upstart coastal Carolina team.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

And he has all the pieces except for the power to be a future starting catcher.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

And I think Tampa Bay has struggled to develop those guys.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

They have not had a homegrown catcher in a very, very long time, if really ever in their franchise history.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

They're kind of starved for it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

So the questions about the power kind of hold me back.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

If we do this again, which we will, we will update these lists again in February and March.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

If he's a top 10 prospect, wouldn't shock me just because of what all the pieces are to be a good everyday catcher back there.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

So he's one I'll point out.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

Slater to run is somebody I know a lot of people are excited about.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

A lot of people had him pegged to go to the Diamondbacks because he's a short, left-handed hitting outfielder who can really run and really field.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

Ever since the D-backs did well getting Corbin Carroll, they've kind of chased that type of profile.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

Instead, he ends up going to the Orioles, signs for above slot, $4 million.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
What To Make Of All These Prospects Who Were Just Traded

He's another guy who like once the power questions kind of come up, I'm not going to shove up a list too high.