2018 FUTURES
This Year once again he Mid-West Baseball League will be supporting MLB’s Top 100 Prospects.
Former owner of the Iron City Yinzers Jonathan Mayo, along with his colleague Jim Callis – will bring us the 2018 MWBL FUTURES.
Thanks Jonathan & Jim, you guys do a great job at mlb.com & the Mid-West Baseball League is once again proud to have called you our own.
The MWBL always has an eye toward the future, & looks at which MWBL Franchises may have the brightest future ahead of them. The formula used for the “MWBL FUTURES” list is based on a 100-point system. The Top Prospect, according to Jonathan Mayo & Jim Callis of MLB.COM, receives 100 points, the second rated prospect receives 99 points, this continues until the #100th prospect, who receives 1 point.
Each MWBL franchise will then have the points totaled for their prospects, which gives us an overall number and produces our “MWBL FUTURES” list. Here is the much-anticipated list for “MWBL FUTURE”.
2018 PROSPECTS & POINTS / 2018 TOTAL TEAM POINTS / 2018 DRAFT POINTS
2018 YEARLY RANKING / 2018 PRE-DRAFT RANKINGS
BRENDAN RODGERS GOES #1 TO SOUTHWEST DETROIT FIGHTING CHIHUAHUAS
With the first selection in the 2018 Mid-West Baseball League Draft the Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas Select Brendan Rodgers of the Colorado Rockies Organization.
A right-handed hitter, Rodgers generates more power than most middle infielders, thanks to his combination of bat speed and strength. He doesn’t overswing and has good feel for hitting, so he should hit for average as well as pop once he makes some adjustments. He could use more patience at the plate and will have to alter his pull-heavy approach so he can better deal with offspeed pitches on the outer half.
When Rodgers was an amateur, scouts debated whether he could stay at shortstop. He’s not quite as quick or rangy as the typical shortstop, but he’s a good athlete with a strong arm who could be an average defender there. He could make more of a defensive impact if he shifts to second base (where he saw extensive action last year) or third base, and his bat should allow him to profile anywhere.
Once again the Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas Select Brendan Rodgers with the #1 Pick in the 2018 Mid-West Baseball League Draft