Kyle Seager:
Age 21, A ball: .275/.360/.346/.706, 22/BB/21K in 153 ABs.
Age 22, A+: .345/.419/.503/.921, 71BB/94K in 557 ABs.
Eye:
1.05 in A
.76 in A+
AB:K
7.29 in A
5.93 in A+
Iso:
.070 in A
.158 in A+
I was gonna use Seager's road numbers, but they're virtually identical to his home #s so the juice in his ISO is from the league, not the park.
Now, let me give you a guy:
Age 21, A+ ball: .267/.383/.427/.810, 47BB/57K in 255 ABs.
Age 22, AA: .255/.357/.417/.774, 72BB/123K in 556 ABs.
Bret Boone had a .160 Iso in A+ and a .162 in AA. He had 116 and 102 patience points respectively (Seager has had 85 and 74).
I'm really, really curious to see Seager in AA next year. He doesn't have power, but he is Boone's size and has a similar game, and even pre-roid Boone posted some serious minor league numbers (for a MIF) at age 23 and 24 and then went on to some decent years before his late-career juice explosion. And he was a starter the whole time. Since Seager is a lefty he'll get the platoon split that worked against Boone, as well - though Boone was always good against same-handed pitching, as Seager seems to be. And at his position, a ton of power isn't a prerequisite.
The only reason Seager's not a threat for the 2B job here is his teammate from UNC has the inside track, which makes Seager a backup. But if he can ace AA next year, his trade value will be as a potential starting 2B, not as a utility guy. You want to see him keep the hit skill and the 80 points of patience, and post a .120 to .140 Iso instead of the .070 he sported in Clinton while figuring out wood bats.
But it's not unpossible that he can scratch out a David Bell/ tiny Bret Boone career, and that's got value.
~G
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