Back half of the set has a little more star power than the first half.
Good first pair of cards to start out the second half. Meadows actually finished the year with the Durham Bulls. He was traded to the Rays as a part of the Chris Archer deal. Seems like he's at least a good everyday Major League player. Not counting on him being in Durham next year, it was fun watching him for the last few weeks of the season.
Mejia is one of the best catching prospects in the game. Consensus top 20 prospect, with Baseball Prospectus ranking him in their top 5. He started the year with the Clippers, but the Indians included him in the Brad Hand trade, so he is now with the Padres. They have called him up to the Majors to finished out 2018.
Riley is a top 100 prospect. He spent the majority of 2018 in Triple A with Gwinnett, but he is just 21. He is a really good defensive player, had a good year with the bat, but could probably use a little bit more polish. Riley will be back in Triple A next year, at least to start the year, but he is not far away.
Rainey had a good year with Louisville. Definitely deserves a place in this set, not sure where he fits on a Major League roster. He's probably a middle reliever. Lots of swings and misses in the Minors, not sure if he can replicate that in the Majors.
Victor Robles is a top 10 prospect no matter what prospecting website you are reading. He just turned 21 this year, I know he had been up twice with the Nationals and not done much, but be patient. He gets a lot of extra base hits, doubles and triples, that are going to find there way over fences in a few years as he continues to work and fill out.
Stolen bases are good too. Victor steals bases.
Tanner Scott only pitched 10 games with Norfolk this year. Not sure how he got into this set. The 10 games were really good, he had an ERA of 0.75. Tanner Scott is now a reliever on the Orioles. The Orioles have over 100 loses and there are two weeks left in the season. Tanner's ERA is almost 6. It's probably not entirely his fault.
Which brings us to Nick Senzel. Early this summer I got to see Nick Senzel. I sat in front of a Reds fan who told me he's the second coming of Scott Rolen for six or seven innings. I like Nick Senzel, he is a good player, he's not Scott Rolen. Senzel gets on base, plays good defense, and has some pop. Less pop than Scott Rolen, less defense than Scott Rolen too.
Stephens is a nice pitcher. He's a college pitcher out of Rice, given the White Sox current slate of pitchers, I am not sure why he isn't up already. Stephens is not a Top 100 prospect, not even sure the White Sox sites rank him in their Top 10. He eats up innings, he gets some strikeouts, avoids big innings, and keeps his team in games. I like him better than 50% of the pitchers currently on the White Sox.
Two players I saw in college.
D.J. Stewart has a crazy batting stance.
One of my student's parents once blamed D.J. Stewart for messing up their batting stance. I think it's a bad left handed version of Jeff Bagwell. I have my doubts about D.J..
Christin Stewart does not have a crazy batting stance. He was one of the better power hitters in the International League this year and think he will be a good Major League player for the Tigers. Really good plate discipline for a younger player with power. He is a starting outfielder for a long time.
Last pair.
I like Sam Travis. He hustles, plays hard, and puts up some decent numbers. That's all I have got.
Gleyber Torres is really good. He will be on the Yankees for a very long time and will be a good player. All-Star games, the whole nine yards.
That's the set. Hopefully you are not reading this five years after I posted it because I was horribly wrong about something I said here.
That Reds fan probably has a bunch of Nick Senzel prospect cards that he's hoping to move at a profit. "People have been saying he's the next Scott Rolen! Get in now with this starter lot! I've got Bowman, Bowman Chrome, Heritage Minors, Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects, it's all here, man! They're all probably 9.5-10.0 cards, too!"
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