By Brian Joura
It’s my opinion that a player’s age is an extremely important factor to consider when evaluating prospects. And most people do this on the young side while not necessarily applying it with as much vigor on the old side. We all get excited when a teenager performs well in Double-A. But some get excited about a prospect who’s old enough to rent a car and puts up some good numbers in the minors. And my take is that’s a train that you need to get off from as soon as possible.
There’s a lot of buzz right now about Christian Scott, who put up very strong numbers last year in Hi-A and Double-A. Part of the hype is about the numbers he posted, while the excitement also is a result of the relative lack of pitching prospects the Mets have in their system. Those two factors have Scott placed high on the various prospect lists published so far, including a fifth-placed ranking by Baseball Prospectus.
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