Wednesday, February 10, 2016

DrB's 2016 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #49 Kelvin Beltre; #50 Gustavo Cabrera

Kelvin Beltre, SS.  B-R, T-R.  DOB:  9/25/1996.  5'11", 170 lbs.

2014 DSL:  .235/.430/.441, 3 HR, 7 SB, 23.7 BB%, 11.8 K%, 93 PA.
2015 AZL:  .239/.375/.348, 1 HR, 3 SB, 14.3 BB%, 30.4 K%, 56 PA.

Gustavo Cabrera, OF.  B-R, T-R.  DOB:  1/23/1996.  6'2", 190 lbs.

2013 DSL:  .247/.379/.360, 2 HR, 21 SB, 13.1 BB%, 23/6 K%, 229 PA.
2015 AZL:  .286/.375/.571, 3B, 12.5 BB%, 25 K%, 8 PA.

I wanted to round out the 2016 Giants Top 50 Prospects with a couple of guys who would almost certainly be ranked a lot higher, possibly top 10, if they had stayed on the field.  They are both 5 tool players with tremendous upside, both have lost a lot of playing time to injury and both are still young enough to make up the lost time if they can stay on the field in 2016.  Cabrera has been particularly snakebitten, suffering a horrific freak injury to his right hand after his first pro season which cost him the entire 2014 season and threatened to keep him from ever playing again.  Then, in his second game of 2015, he ran out a triple, left the game and never returned for the rest of the season.  I have never seen a report of what the injury was.  Hammy tear?  Reinjury to the hand?  He was activated from the7 day DL and place on the Augusta roster on 9/24/2015, so presumably he's going to be ready to go in the spring.

1 comment:

  1. Cabrera on Doc's Top 50:

    2013: 8
    2014: --
    2015: 15
    2016: 50

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