My Grading System

Xander Bogaerts

My Grading System

I will be showing you my grading system.

1. First, it is on a scale from 0-100, though naturally I will not be rating anyone who is a prospect a 1.
2. I show their current rating and then what they could be. Then I show what rating each of their tools are (Arm, Bat, Power, Defense and Speed). The rating for their tools is not what they are now, but what they are going to be in the future. 50 is major league average.  Then I show how much risk they have on a scale of 1-10. 10 risk is very high and 1 risk is very low.
3. Then I give a little description of each player (4 to 5 sentences).    

Xander Bogaerts

Rating: 68                                  Bat: 62           Defense: 52

Potential: 75                               Power: 68      Speed: 52

Risk: 5                                        Arm: 62

Xander Bogaerts was signed by the Red Sox in 2009. Since then he has just hit. In his first year in the DSL he hit 314/396/423. He didn't seem to be very strong, with a .423 slugging percentage. In 2011 he had a down year, hitting 260/324/509, but developing more power. He then continued to develop this power, hitting 302/378/505 in High A. He was promoted to AA and hit the cover off the ball. I am a little worried about his lack of walks in AA, 1 walk in 92 at-bats, but I don't think that will be a serious problem. He has good athleticism. He may have to move to third base but he is working hard to stay at short. I project him as .280 hitter with 25-30+ homeruns.    

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