For as much as scouts talk about tools and projection and build, confidence is a crucially important part of the game of baseball. Fortunately, Tigers prospect Parker Meadows has that in spades.
“Coming out of high school, obviously, I was a projected draft pick,” recalled the long-limbed outfielder. “Mentally, I thought I was better than everyone else. Here, I [still] think I’m better than everyone else.”
Prospect evaluators tend to agree. Of the players on West Michigan’s roster, Meadows is the most highly ranked, with shortstop Wenceel Perez as his only real competition.