It was clear early on in his Cubs tenure that Ball was going to be given every opportunity to play first base ahead of other prospects. Still, the power potential remained off the charts. For each team, he played about 50+ games, hit six or seven home runs, and barely scratched an average of. After being traded to the Cubs, Ball had perfectly similar numbers except for RBI. His batting average plummeted while his walk rate did not. He was assigned to begin 2021 in th South Atlantic League.
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Plus-plus raw power 👀 Full scouting report here: (🎥 /uxJitOwRg1- Baseball America July 16, 2021 Who is Bryce Ball? He entered the year as the #Braves No. It was all anybody could’ve asked for for a kid straight out of Dallas Baptist. He hit 17 home runs along with an OPS of 1.023. One was hitting a curveball in a strike two count and two was not making an out with said curveball via a strikeout.Īfter Ball was drafted by the Braves in 2019, he tore it up that first year. With all those positive attributes, there were only two things that he needed to work on. He sees the baseball well, he works the count, and has easy power to all fields.
One thing that was clear last year was Ball had an outstanding approach at the plate. In that time, there were things to be impressed with and things that he needed to work on over the winter if he was going to be somebody. Over the course of the last eight weeks of 2021, I got to see a lot of Ball in Appleton, the Quad Cities, Beloit, and again in the Quad Cities. I could not believe how huge this kid was.Īt 6-foot-6 and 240 pounds, he is huge now but he can still add more muscle and it looks like he has this year. I can still remember it – it was a Sunday afternoon up in Appleton, Wisconsin and I saw him walk by me. The first of those 12 guys the Cubs acquired that I got to see was Bryce Ball. Last summer was one of the most wild and crazy summers I can remember as the Cubs were making trades and adding prospects all throughout the month of July.
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