Lots of raw stuff with big spin to get excited about lead by a mid-90's fastball and a swing and miss slider when he has it working. A pitchability righty with a bucket of average offerings starting with a low 90s fastball and a slider, curveball, and changeup as his secondaries. Spencer Torkelson Prospect Cards ( View eBay Listings) Last on our Best Baseball Cards To collect 2022 list is Spencer Torkelson. JT Schwartz - 1B (Mets, 1st Base only, 111/232) - Mets 4th round first baseman out of UCLA was a sought after prep but stuck with his college commitment. I saw him struggle a lot with pitches up in the zone. He's an easy Tier None call for the moment but someone to keep an eye on because the raw stuff is there to become a lot more. Nicely balanced delivery that features a low 90's fastball and a biting 12/6 curveball. Ricky Tiedemann - LHP (Blue Jays, 1st Base and Auto, 91/91) - Left-handed pitching prospect that we didn't get to see much of before the draft but apparently took an uptick in dev during instructs. Instead, he lands in a place where the deck is stacked against him and I am having thoughts of pushing him down into Tier None. This is a Tier None profile that could jump into Tier Three depending on how his development trends. The jury is out on Moller there, but if I was placing bets, I would guess he does stay there. A low 90's fastball plays up because of that and it occasionally will show some arm-side run as well. Noah Miller - SS (Twins, 1st Base only, 36/89) - The younger brother of Cleveland's Owen Miller is a switch-hitting prep shortstop out of Wisconsin. At worst, a high leverage bullpen floor, and at best, a mid-rotation starter with potentially more if the stars align. Not a lot of mileage on the arm which helps from a health perspective, but on the flip side, may slow his progress as the Dodgers build up his innings. Unfortunately, that's why he is going to end up in Tier 2 as opposed to Tier 1, as much as I believe in how good Frelick will be with plenty of all-star games in his future. I considered putting him into Tier 3, but all of the negatives cap his ceiling for the moment, even if his floor seems somewhat safe. He has a four-pitch mix highlighted by a low to mid 90s fastball that plays up with the spin and vertical approach angle with a slider, curveball, and changeup making up the rest of his arsenal. Prep catcher penalty plus hit tool concerns leads me to placing Moller in the middle of Tier 3. 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Complete Paper Prospect Team Set - Texas Rangers 195625717041 High floor low ceiling guy with not a ton of raw stuff nor athleticism to get excited about. Ended up going in the 4th round to the White Sox on an underslot deal after an up and down final college season including a month of downtime mid-season. Ryan Spikes - SS/2B (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 100/104) - No elite tools but also no real skill deficiencies for the Georgia prep infielder. On the plus side, he has strong plate skills in that he rarely strikes out and regularly puts up high OBP marks. The biggest issue for the left-handed backstop was that his home run pop disappeared. The St. Louis Cardinals selected Bowman in the 2015 Rule 5 draft. Potential for a good player as a table setter or bottom of the order bat, but there's better than an outside chance that he settles into pro ball and justifies a Tier 3 ranking in the future. More Prospects News. But this isnt your Bowman Draft that you might be used to. I seriously went back and forth here on which side of the fence to put Zavala because I like the offensive profile quite a bit. Bat speed galore from the left-handed side and plus power will be his calling card. Cal Conley - 2B/SS (Braves, 1st Base only, 126/105) - The Braves 4th round pick out of Texas Tech has that middle infielder utility player look to him. There are two new parallels exclusive to Bowman Draft this year. Won't run much, but probably gets a few chip-in steals. He has a low to mid 90's fastball and reportedly can reach back for more and pairs that with average-ish sliders and changeups. Additional fastball velocity and/or increased development of his other secondaries will cement his big league status and I am betting on the Brewers dev org to do just that. Add in that previously mentioned personality (as Pitching Ninja said, "Nikhazy rhymes with crazy") and you get a Tier 3 pitcher as opposed to a Tier None pitcher. Has a changeup as his third pitch in the arsenal that shows promise but has a long way to go. A high leverage reliever with mid-rotation upside depending on how the secondaries develop with an absolutely lights out fastball gets into my Tier 3 based on upside. Draft. At 6'5", he's going to have to learn how to defend the zone against pitchers that will take advantage of his size. Cut to the complex video and his left-handed swing was a lot more balanced, even if it is still a bit more power over hit focused. 15) and has him as the second-best defensive end behind only Texas Tech's Tyree Wilson. Micah Ottenbreit - RHP (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 114/155) - Lanky prep right-hander standing 6'4" that looks like a back-end starter that will need a lot of development work to get there. An easy Tier None rank. 1948 Bowman 1949 Bowman 1950 Bowman 1951 Bowman And the outside chance that he is a two way player not of the Brendan McKay failed experiment but more of an Ohtani-lite is probably something to be cognizant of. Matheu Nelson - C (Reds, 1st Base and Auto, 35/57) - Nelson shot up draft boards in 2021 after a huge season at Florida State which led to his selection by the Reds in the Comp A round at 35th overall. New for this year are Aqua Lava (numbered to 199) and Red Lava (5). Sold out for pull-side power in the Circuit season which lead to swing and miss concerns, but righted the ship during the spring prep season where I saw him deposit the ball over the fence to centerfield and some opposite-field shots as well. 2021 Bowman Draft Baseball storms back for another monster offering featuring a fresh crop of Baseball draft picks and emerging prospects! He was fifth overall in our Data Driven Top 500 as well. - Chrome Die-Cut Refractor Parallel - Die-Cut X-Fractor Parallel #'d to 99 Hobby Only - Die-Cut . 2021 Bowman marks the official opening of prospect season. Resources Blogs Card Companies Card Shops Card Shows Completed Transactions Forums Glossary Pricing Release Dates. An easy Tier None slotting for the Blue Jays 4th rounder. Strong floor and very high ceiling. To a lesser degree, he wont be a plus on the defensive side of the ball, which will likely restrict him to a LF only role. If he finds that power stroke again without giving up too much to get it and finding a home in a corner OF spot, he starts to creep towards Tier 2. High-floor low ceiling backend starting pitchers are an easy slot into Tier None which is where I have Marceaux. If they can, he suddenly becomes much more interesting. Slider is his main secondary with plus spin to the tune of 2800+. While he exclusively played Center field his past few years in college, his size will likely push him out to left field, putting more pressure on his hit tool, which is much more of a question mark than his prodigious power. Ryan Webb - LHP (Guardians, 1st Base and Auto, 125/77) - The left-hander out of the University of Georgia was primarily used as a reliever until the past season given the strength of the starting rotation in previous years. Barely had an opportunity to get pro at-bats before a shoulder injury ended his maiden season. Julio Rodriguez 2019 Bowman Draft . A switch hitter that can steal a couple of bases and has more pop from the left side. His command looked to be an issue as he regularly missed his spots in the videos I watched. I am taking the upside play here with Allen and placing him in my Tier 2 group. With more work on his fastball, he could end up as a mid-rotation starter, but this will have to be a wait-and-see game as he had to go under the knife for TJ late in the spring. Given what I did find, he looks to throw both a four-seamer and a two-seamer in the low 90s with a nicely shaped slurve and a changeup. 2018 through 2020 Bowman Draft easily provided 10 to 15 prospects to chase per release plus a variety of the standard fare lottery tickets inherent in a prospect product. Will the real Alex Binelas please stand up? Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz - RHP (Red Sox, 1st Base only, 105/426) - The prep right-hander out of Puerto Rico is a gangly 6'4" featuring a low to mid 90's fastball with a curveball with good spin as his main secondary pitch. Let's Talk Wax 7.4K subscribers Subscribe 11K views 1 year ago The 2021 Bowman Draft. Max Ferguson - 2B (Padres, 1st Auto only, 160/171) - The Padres 5th round selection out of the University of Tennessee had a tough final season in Knoxville that saw him sell out for pull-side power which ended up significantly impacting his strong batting average of past seasons. In real life and even more so in fantasy baseball, this profile is money. He started showing significant raw power in 2021 and put up a Division I leading 23 home runs. Each is also available in a one-of-one SuperFractor parallel. All in all, a prep catcher that will stick behind the dish with solid but not spectacular hit and power and a plus plate approach is going to be on the borderline of Tier 3 and Tier None. Tanner Allen - OF (Marlins, 1st Base and Auto, 118/119) - 5th year Senior out of Mississippi State that was an underslot sign to help support the Khalil Watson pick. The nice thing about Bowman Draft, in contrast to the other core Bowman releases of Bowman Baseball and Bowman Chrome, is that you dont have any active MLB players in the product. Given his top 10 draft pedigree and being a top 10 player in our Data Driven Top 500, I feel comfortable slotting Ford into my Tier 2. Didn't see him throw the changeup much, but that is what will determine if he is just an up and down starter or simply org depth as a backend starter. Changeup wasn't great and he has trouble commanding it in the looks I had. A right-handed prep pitcher out of Pennsylvania had a tough guy in the All-Star circuit in 2020, but came back strong in the spring. Andrew Painter - RHP (Phillies, 1st Base and Auto, 13/25) - Came into the year as potentially the top prep arm for the 2021 draft and ended up as the third prep arm drafted which isn't that far of a fall. A Tier 3 pitcher that could easily jump into Tier 2 with some consistency and any additional fastball velo bump. Ad Ad - content continues below Plus speed and an above-average hit tool at the moment. Tier None with a watch label to see if he can tick up the velocity in-game and get more swing and miss when he starts getting pro innings under his belt. Free shipping for many products! His low to mid-90's fastball is average but he can command it up in the zone nicely and it pairs well with his sweeping slurve style plus breaking ball. I like this profile a lot for the hobby and I'm going to go with my gut and put him at the bottom half of Tier 2 even though my head tells me he is more of a top of Tier 3 player with the lack of walks and strikeout tendency. Not the classic center field profile, but could stick there or may bump out to left field. He also throws a curveball and a changeup that I saw in his college tape but didn't see at all at the Complex. At the moment he may not have a profile as an everyday regular in some people's eyes, but I can easily see it. The Cleveland pitching machine does give me pause and make me consider putting him up to Tier 3, but ultimately it feels like a floor of a backend starter with not much more of a ceiling than that. What we know is that the Braves still intend to develop him as a starting pitcher and has the potential to be a back end rotation piece with a mid-90s fastball, a low 80s slider, and an effective changeup. At present, he is average to above average across the board, but he is by no means a finished product. Jeremy Woo May 26, 2020 Traditionally, we've waited until after the draft to take a hard look. The 12-6 curveball looks especially pretty and the changeup has really nice fade. Mostly wants to get the ball in play and run which can find some success, but isn't going to drive much hobby interest. Missing an effective third pitch. A lot of my video looks at him were from the left side and he was pretty aggressive, especially with fastballs. . Tagged: Joe Lowry, Topps, . A power speed athlete profile at 6'3" 205 that is raw given his focus on football and baseball as well as basketball to a lesser degree. Like Rutschman, Torkelson was also a number 1 draft pick. From there you can also add a Card to your collection or wishlist. Chad Patrick - RHP (Diamondbacks, 1st Base only, 107, NR) - I'm going to be honest here - I knew nothing about Chad Patrick before the draft, and at this point, I haven't been able to fill that gap with much. Raw backend starting pitchers are an obvious Tier None and check back in a few years to see how things have developed. Reed Trimble - OF (Orioles, 1st Base only, 65/148) - The Orioles Comp B pick at 65th overall was one of the younger college players drafted this year. Add in the speed component and an above-average hit tool and you squint and see a five-tool player. Look for 1 autograph per box! Ian Moller - C (Rangers, 1st Base only, 103/118) - Prep catchers are often a dart throw, especially regarding if they can stick behind the plate or not. Both pitches are easily thrown for strikes and get plenty of swing and misses. Yorke was ranked No. Currently playing center field, scouts also think he could move to second base as well, which will increase his positional versatility. It looked decent and he threw a lot of strikes, but I didn't see anything special that would push him out of the Tier None conversation for now. A lefty prep shortstop out of Maryland, he has that classic left-handed swing geared for the lower quadrant of the zone. FOR SALE! I'm not going to think twice either. The main concern is command and control along with an inconsistent feel for his secondaries. Baseball Card Price Guide. As it stands now, he doesn't have the profile to be more than a second-division regular. On the smaller side at the moment, you hope he adds just a bit more size to really cement his ability to stick at short, but 2B is a definite long-term possibility. The 2020 Bowman Chrome Draft is the most valuable of the group but you can also find lesser valued cards from Bowman 2021, Leaf, and Panini. That may be a tall task with the current state of Rockies player development, but fingers crossed it happens. Changeup is his third offering, but is inconsistent and I didn't see him throw it much. Andrew Abbott - LHP (Reds, 1st Base and Auto, 53/55) - The Reds second rounder moved from the bullpen to the starter role in 2021 at the University of Virginia. That puts me in a conundrum of whether to bump CES up to Tier 2 based on performance or Tier 3 based on tools. (1:12 Hobby Packs) Chrome Draft Pick Autographs Parallels - Max /99. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for (20) 2021 BOWMAN DRAFT JORDAN LAWLAR (LAWLER) RCS-#11 MLB PROSPECT/MT/AA @ 20 at the best online prices at eBay! He had a fair amount of control with it landing in the zone regularly as well as getting plenty of swings and misses. Elite SP 1 pitchers (very rare). Switch hitter that looks good from both sides but better from the right with a plus player approach. His curveball is his best secondary and a swing and miss pitch. 2021. The Cardinals 2nd round pick has 40 home run power with double plus max velo but the concern is he will only get the bat to the ball enough to get to 20 of those. Simply put, he's one of the best prospects in baseball by any measure. 24 packs per box. He'll mix in a low 90s fastball as his main secondary pitch with below-average curveball and a rare changeup. 2019 Bowman Platinum Wal-Mart Top Prospects Wander Franco RC #TOP-9; . Calvin Ziegler - RHP (Mets, 1st Base and Auto, 46/180) - Mets 2nd round righty prep arm originally from Canada but pitched in the Florida prep ranks before the draft. Carson Williams - SS (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 28/47) - A helium prep shortstop out of the San Diego area that was more seen as a pitching prospect until his bat started to come around in his Senior season. He is more of an above-average hit tool with average pop and good plate skills. Billed as a hit-over-power hitter, he surprisingly put up 17 home runs in 59 college games this year. Other parallels: Refractor (499) Purple (250) Blue (150) Kyle Manzardo - 1B (Rays, 1st Base and Auto, 63/97) - Plus hitter lacking enough in-game power limited to a position that really values it with first base. As a prep righty pitcher, he's mid 90's fastball with a slider, curveball and changeup. The second new parallel is exclusive to the Lite boxes and is the Black & White RayWave refractor. It doesnt help that the first overall pick in 2021 was a catcher and that almost half of the first round of the 2021 MLB draft were pitchers (and the Angels went full on hobby troll mode by having an entire draft of pitchers). I don't like the back and forth rocking motion for the swing either and hopefully he can quiet the movements to lead to better in zone contact and less swing and miss. If Brown had landed in a strong pitching development organization like Cleveland or the Dodgers, I would feel like he should be slotted towards the top of Tier 3 with some thoughts about Tier 2. Chase Field to host 2023 MLB Draft Combine in June. With some velo uptick, I could see McDermott cementing his role as a backend SP, but probably not much more than a mid-rotation SP at best, which keeps him in Tier None for now and possibly a Tier 3 guy at peak. Throw in the round 1 draft pedigree and the Cleveland secret sauce, I am going to slide him into the bottom half of Tier 2. The Invicta insert is another new one that tries to portray a high-end, classy feel, but looks boring and is a miss for me. More often than not, the curveball and slider were either hit hard or taken for a strike middle-middle because the hitters were so geared towards the fastball. He did improve on his strikeouts in 2021, but I see that more as plus control taking advantage of college bats. I've liked the video of him when I put it on of his Low A games, often taking what the pitcher gives him and hitting to all fields, but I have also seen a bit more swing and miss than I would like. The fastball doesnt get as many swings and misses as you would hope given the velocity. Tier None slotting with an outside chance of ticking up to Tier 3. Cooper Bowman - 2B (Yankees, 1st Base only, 122/186) - If you haven't heard them already, get ready to hear them regularly as every breaker and collector who hits a Cooper Bowman card will squeeze whatever jokes are possible out of him being in a Bowman product. A short strider thats more geared towards contact than power but will put the ball over the fence on occasion. The biggest drawback is that he may not get to more than 15-ish home runs. More than likely a table setting second division regular outcome. They wont replace the true color refractors for value in the long term but may have helium in the short term due to the newness. If he can go from high teens home run power to high twenties home run power, he starts to get more interesting for Tier 2 consideration. Slider is his most effective secondary pitch with some nice sweeping break to it at times while his changeup has a ways to go. Strong hit tool with doubles power and past pre-draft hype is mitigated with a partial catcher penalty and the mysterious disappearance of homerun power. Big time deceptive delivery from the left side with a big arm swing. Second base is his likely home, but the Rays are known to be creative and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kinney end up playing a multitude of positions to be able to get his bat regularly into games. Relief risk and the need to further hone his third pitch, a curveball, would generally slot Bednar into Tier 3 without that draft status. Throwing on the video is just swing and miss after swing and miss as Jobe mowed down the prep ranks. Current Bid: USD 3.00 . Double plus with some elite characteristics hitting 98 and averaging 96. Fills up the zone and relies on weak contact and plus command with his four-pitch mix. Coming from the Texas prep ranks, the potential five-tool shortstop should be able to stick at the position. Cade Povich - LHP (Twins, 1st Base and Auto, 98/537) - Not sure how many times we will hear the joke that Maury is not his father, but I am here for all of them. Tyler McDonough - 2B/OF (Red Sox, 1st Base and Auto, 75/207) - No real standout tools but no real deficiencies either. Most of your favorite team's first round picks are also in here - Colton Cowser, Frank Mozzicato, Sal Frelick, Gunnar Hoglund, etc. Definitely a player to watch to see if he can lessen that swing and miss. Evaluating The Best Prospects In 2021 Bowman Chrome Prospect rankings are based on scouting grades and narrative reports for each player. Owen Kellington - RHP (Pirates, 1st Base only, 102/NR) - The prep right-handed pitcher dominated the not-so-hotbed of the Vermont prep ranks. A solid all around player that has the tools to stick at shortstop. While the tools don't grade out plus, he just produces at every single stop. Not a ton of in-game power at the moment for the lefty prep out of Tennessee, but he can take it deep with authority in BP. This pushes me into putting him into the bottom of Tier 3 rather than Tier None where I would stick most prep arms. When it comes to prospect products, the 1st Bowman logo is all that and then some. An average hit tool and a willingness to take a walk in college, but showed increased strikeout rates in his short stint in the minors this year. The 6'3" lefty out of the University of Nebraska fills up the zone which sometimes is beneficial as it keeps the walks down, but sometimes it bites him as his mostly average stuff can get touched up. Was lacking a lot of command and control in some looks, at others he was a zone pounder. He also wont steal many bases. Watching some video and he was regularly missing location. If he doesn't he probably ends up the bullpen. I can squint and see it as well, but I am taking the easy way out and putting him in Tier None as a high-risk prep right-hander that needs to get an effective third pitch before climbing up the Tier rankings. He was able to put the bat on the ball a lot, but he ended up not really putting up good numbers in his 35 games at Low A this year.

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