I had originally put together this big long spiel about Trevor Clifton’s history, his stats last year at Boise and at South Bend, and I was going to attempt to justify his worthiness of being ranked #26 on MLBPipeline.com’s Top Cubs Prospect List. I think Clifton is the perfect example of a prospect whose stat line for the season should not be the basis of your evaluation. You need to focus on his development in small periods as he makes his adjustments.
Exhibit A – Past Precedents of Prospects
@Crewsett By that logic A’s should have traded Sonny Gray when he was at a 4.