In the latest "Ask BA" column on Baseball America's website, the question is asked about the best offensive shortstop prospects. In a roundabout way, Baseball America says that Chris Owings is a good offensive player, but won't have a great impact in the majors.
In fact, here are the exact words:
That leaves Jurickson Profar (Rangers), Hak-Ju Lee (Rays) and Chris Owings (Diamondbacks) as the best bets after Machado to be shortstops with solid bats. That said, I don't foresee Profar, Lee or Owings making a big offensive impact.
If you want to read the whole article (which includes an updated draft order), click here.
My take: I have a hard time saying that someone who is 19 and was the leading hitter on a single-A team until he got hurt won't have a big offensive impact. If they are saying will he hit .330 every year with 40 homers, then the answer is probably no. But you can have a big offensive impact without blasting a ton of home runs. Like always, we'll just wait and see. Here's hoping "C-O" proves them wrong.
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