tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677732679599132840.post5534467852833713674..comments2023-06-19T07:27:32.226-04:00Comments on Walk-Off Walk: WOW's Top 5 First Base ProspectsTommy Poehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321321673712755623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677732679599132840.post-56255419158458742842017-10-14T11:15:28.798-04:002017-10-14T11:15:28.798-04:001st base is THE ONE POSITION that a team does not ...1st base is THE ONE POSITION that a team does not necessarily need to have a 'top flight prospect' at! Whenever Freddie Freeman's tenure is up with The Braves, we can either plug one of our top prospects there whose bat is needed in the line-up..or...we can sign a free agent to hit/fill the void there. Perhaps a good hitting catcher can platoon at 1st with someone when he needs a day off from behind the plate (kind of like how The Giants do with Buster Posey when he needs a day off from behind the plate. While Brandon Belt is their regular 1st baseman...Posey will play 1st base 5-6 times a month)! <br /><br />While I'm not against having a top flight Minor League 1st base prospect...I'm generally against investing a lot of draft capital drafting a 1st baseman...NOR do I want to see The Braves make a big trade to get a prospect whose primary position is 1st! Houston signed Yulieski Gurriel as a 3rd baseman out of Cuba because of his bat. However with their loaded infield of Bregman, Correa and Altuve.....if he was going to play, 1st base was the logical position to put him. He responded by hitting .299 with an OPS of .817. 43 doubles, 18 homers, 75 RBIs (this is his 1st full MLB season)....as well as batted 10 for 20 so far in the post season for Houston! <br /><br />I'm not sure how things are going to play out for The Braves in the next 5-10 years. However unless something horrific happens to Freeman....I'm pretty confident that Freddie will be our 1st baseman for most, if not all of those 5-10 years! Dude can FLAT OUT HIT! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102781153087436079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677732679599132840.post-75729662459884127522017-10-14T11:13:03.530-04:002017-10-14T11:13:03.530-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102781153087436079noreply@blogger.com