We’re getting down towards the end of our top prospect list, and this time around we had an extremely close battle between two players with major-league experience and a couple of guys who figure to play key depth roles on the 2018 roster. In the end, we narrowly avoided our first tie of this exercise and Hector Velazquez squeaked out the victory and became our number 17 prospect in the system.
I’ll start by very quickly saying that yes, the 29-year-old Velazquez is indeed a prospect, though I understand the trepidation from some. While every outlet varies slightly, the basic definition of prospects around the ol’ interwebs has always been anyone eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, so that’s what we’re going with here.