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| Top 10 Corner Outfielders Under the age of 25 | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Comments | Age | Org | Lvl | ||||||
| 1 | Justin Upton | RF | .345 wOBA in bigs as 21-year-old; low contact (.250 AVG, 29.0% K), great discipline (12.9%) | 21.1 | ARI | MLB | ||||||
| 2 | Ryan Braun | LF | Followed .417 rookie wOBA w/ .369 in '08; has power (.268 IsoP), lacks patience (6.3% BB) | 24.9 | MIL | MLB | ||||||
| 3 | Nick Markakis | RF | wOBA has gone from .345 to .362 to .388 in 3 MLB years; 14.3% BB ('08), 8.6 ('07), 7.9 ('06) | 24.9 | BAL | MLB | ||||||
| 4 | Jay Bruce | RF | Solid .330 wOBA as rookie; like Upton, had trouble making contact (.254 AVG, 24.3% K) | 21.5 | CIN | MLB | ||||||
| 5 | Elijah Dukes | RF | Went .264/.386/.478 in 334 MLB PA in '08; solid power (.214 IsoP), great patience (15.0%) | 24.3 | WAS | MLB | ||||||
| 6 | Delmon Young | LF | Wonder if Minnesota would like Garza back? Young had .319 wOBA, .115 IsoP last season | 23.1 | MIN | MLB | ||||||
| 7 | Travis Snider | LF/DH | .361 wOBA across 4 levels in '08; lots of power, BB's, K's; could see regular time in bigs in '09 | 20.7 | TOR | MLB | ||||||
| 8 | Jeremy Hermida | RF | After posting .373 wOBA in '07, fell to .315 in '08; contact rates, power down significantly | 24.7 | FLA | MLB | ||||||
| 9 | Travis Buck | RF | Slowed by post-concussion woes (.311 wOBA in bigs); fighting for starting RF slot in OAK | 24.9 | OAK | MLB | ||||||
| 10 | Jason Heyward | RF | 6-foot-4, 220-pounder had .377 wOBA, 9.7% BB, not too many K's (14.7%) last year in Low-A | 19.2 | ATL | A+ | ||||||
| Honorables: Matt LaPorta (CLE), Mike Stanton (FLA) and Matt Joyce (TB). | ||||||||||||
| * Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it and favor recent production | ||||||||||||
| ** Ages are as of November 1st, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| *** Level is the highest level the player has reached | ||||||||||||
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