Marlins' top 20 prospects for 2022: Keith Law ranks Miami's farm system - The Athletic

The Marlins’ system continues to improve after years of relative neglect under Jeff Loria’s ownership, when the team was nearly absent from the international market and had a long run of less-than-productive draft classes.

To qualify for these rankings, players must still be eligible for the Rookie of the Year Award in 2022, which means they may not have more than 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on an active roster heading into this season.

Note: Ages as of July 1, 2022.

1. Edward Cabrera, RHP (Top 100 Ranking: No. 33)

Age: 24 | 6-5 | 217 poundsBats: Right | Throws: Right

Cabrera reached the majors last year, but we didn’t see the best of him, as he had some clear trouble adjusting to the different baseball even back when he first moved to Triple A. He missed the first month of the minor-league season while recovering from an inflamed nerve in his biceps, then dominated the lower minors, striking out 37 percent of batters between High A and Double A with a 5 percent walk rate. He moved up to Triple-A Jacksonville and continued to miss bats, with a 37 percent strikeout rate again, but he walked three or more batters in every start but one at that level, and his strike percentage dropped again in the majors. It was surprising given Cabrera’s history and the sheer quality of his stuff — he can work at 94-100 mph, and his changeup can be a plus-plus pitch — but he threw a lot of in-between pitches that Statcast coded as changeups but looked and had the characteristics of bad four-seamers.

source: https://theathletic.com/3123776/2022/02/14/marlins-top-20-prospects-for-2022-keith-law-ranks-miamis-farm-system/

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