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Hudson Potts Tumbles down Padres’ Prospect Rankings

As I scanned through the list, I couldn’t help wondering:

The 6’3” nineteen year-old third baseman was ranked as high as 14th before MLB.com’s most recent rankings shakeup. As one of the youngest players in the Single-A Advanced California League, the 2016 1st-Rounder is hitting .285/.352/.516. He’s a league leader in many categories: 17 HR (2nd), 32 doubles (1st), 60 runs (2nd), 56 RBI (5th), and his 133 wRC+ ranks sixth among qualified batters. Baseball prospectus has him at 3.6 WARp...more than any of the Padres’ top-three position players: Fernando Tatis (3.