Drew Burress OF, College(Georgia Tech). DOB: 12/5/2004. B-R, T-R. 5' 9", 175 lbs.
2024: .381/.512/.821, 25 HR, 8 SB, 58 BB, 37 K, 285 PA.
2024(CCBL): .125/.282/.219, HR, 3 SB, 13 BB, 22 K, 78 PA.
2025: .333/.469/.693, 19 HR, 10 SB, 53 BB, 42 K, 290 PA.
Lots of power in a compact, athletic frame. Not much to dislike in those stat lines. Second team All-American as a freshman, first team in his second season. Probably fast and athletic enough to be a true CF. Could challenge Roch Cholowsky for #1 overall selection.
All Quiet on the Western Front:
ReplyDeleteGiants make no Rule 5 protections, Giants make no Rule 5 protections
From www.mccoveychronicles.com/authors/brady-klopfer
Hot stove madness today make some sense of it Doc!
ReplyDeleteYou call it madness for a reason. It makes no sense! I have personally come to hate the 40-man roster, Rule 5 Draft. The way teams use them nowadays is madness and not good for either the teams or the players. I did see a couple of names DFA'd who might be an upgrade of their current 40-man roster. I'll go back and review them and see if I can put a post together about it.
DeleteI"ll add the DFA/Waiver process to the things I hate. What's happened to Carson Ragsdale over the past year is exhibit A.
DeleteAndrew Baggarly wrote yesterday (behind TheAthletic's paywall): "... the healthiest player development systems are often the ones bursting at the seams with players to shield at the Rule 5 protection deadline. For the first time in a long time, the Giants had nobody worth protecting."
DeleteOuch.
It can also be the case that the 40 man roster is so full of players you don't want to DFA or trade it keeps you from adding players you otherwise would not want to lose.
DeleteAren't pretty much all the Giants' most coveted prospects either already on the 40-man roster OR in the lower minors where they can't jump to a year in the majors, hence there are few to protect?
ReplyDeleteYes, they added Bryce Eldridge and Drew Gilbert late last season so you could see them as current adds who just got added a little early.
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