Carson Kelly is the Cardinals’ first bonafide catching prospect since Bryan Anderson. Anderson was a bat-only catcher - Kevin Goldstein of Baseball America called him the anti-Yadier Molina. Kelly is a better prospect than Anderson though. Anderson made the top 100 of both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus once - and fell out after his bat disappointed to the tune of a 92 wRC+ in his age-21 season. Yadier Molina, believe or not, was never as highly a regarded a prospect as Kelly. As near as I can tell, Molina was the 10th ranked prospect by Baseball America in the Cardinals system in 2003 and the #3 prospect - behind Blake Hawksworth and Chris Narveson - in 2004.
The Case Against Trading Carson Kelly
