With three seasons with an average above. He opened 2015 there and was named a Florida State League All-Star, too. After earning a trip to the Class A South Atlantic League All-Star Game in his first full season, he spent the rest of the year with Class A Advanced St. 822 OPS in 47 games with Rookie-level Kingsport that summer. Selected out of Long Beach State in the 12th round of the 2013 Draft, McNeil acclimated to pro ball quickly, hitting. He kind of reminds me of Daniel Murphy, kind of that same type of moving around to second base, first base and the power came late." … His swing does have some power to it to all fields. Defensively, he's been playing second base and he's been showing some speed and quickness. "So far I'm really impressed with the way he's progressed with the bat. "I think is his ability to swing the bat and give quality at-bats day in and day out," DeFrancesco said. Although he's played just 26 PCL games, McNeil has wowed 51s manager Tony DeFrancesco - both at the plate and in the field.
Past the midpoint of the season, McNeil has clearly exceeded expectations. It doesn't matter how old, big, strong and fast you are. You've got guys in the big leagues right now that are 19 and guys that are like 40 and have a wife and kids and stuff like that. "The thing about baseball, people think age matters, but it really doesn't.
He's been healthy and I hope and he finishes out the season completely healthy. It's just unfortunate that things happen to some people, and he's been super-resilient last year and now this year. "It's important to do well and show people, because they're like, 'Oh, he's 26 or whatever,'" Alonso said. 2 Mets prospectPeter Alonso, one of McNeil's biggest fans. Whatever concerns critics have about his age should be put to rest by his consistent level of play this year in the Double-A Eastern League and Pacific Coast League, according to No. I knew if I was strong and healthy, the baseball would take care of itself." "Now that I'm a little stronger and playing in more hitter-friendly parks, the balls I'm hitting are going over the fence. "I've always been a decent hitter, but I'm a lot stronger this year," McNeil said. 348 average and a career-high 19 home runs across two levels. Healthy after a slew of injuries slowed his development for nearly two seasons, the 26-year-old is breaking out at the plate with a. The Triple-A Las Vegas infielder is not a ranked prospect, but he's tearing the cover off the ball. 350 mark at the Minors' highest level.Īlso among the top 10, however, is a name that few would've expected to be there at the beginning of the year: the Mets' Jeff McNeil, a six-year pro. 404 batting average as he works his way back from injury, while top Dodgers farmhand Alex Verdugo boasts an impressive. Take a glance at the hottest hitters across all the full-season circuits in 2018 and you'll see some very familiar names.
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