If all baseball articles posted online followed Twitter’s hashtag format, then #prospects would be a Worldwide Trend right now.
Analysts everywhere are crafting their top lists and blowing up websites and blogs. Books are lining store shelves and arriving in mailboxes to the collective glee of their recipients. Alexander Pope’s famous phrase, “Hope springs eternal…” is becoming more and more a reality for many organizations, San Diego in particular.
So, let’s continue in this vein.
In previous FF articles, I’ve looked at some prospects you may not have heard about. Guys like Connor Powers and Matt Jackson who, with another solid season, could crack the prospect list in a deep system. For this piece, I’m going to discuss Decker, a prospect many will be familiar with. No…not Jaff Decker. That other Decker: Cody Decker.
Decker was drafted in 2009 during the 22nd round out of UCLA. Over 191 games with the Bruins, Decker batted .288 w...
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PLAYERS:
Cody Decker,
Simon Castro,
Jose Bautista,
Yonder Alonso,
Jesus Guzman,
Kyle Blanks,
Logan Forsythe,
James Darnell
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres
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