Is it time for the Age of Lindor to begin?
I believe top Cleveland Indians prospect Francisco Lindor is better today than any other shortstop anywhere in the organization, including on the Major League roster. If the top priority is winning games in 2014, Lindor should be called up now.
Through the first 18 games of the Triple-A season, Lindor is batting .284/.360/.403, with a wRC+ of 125. His walk rate, strikeout rate, and isolated power are all a little better than they were in Double-A last year, and while I appreciate that we're dealing with a small sample of plate appearances (76), those particular statistics are among the first to stabilize/become predictive.