PROSPECT: Rangel Ravelo, 1B, San Diego Padres
ANALYSIS: After being drafted in the sixth round of the 2010 draft out of a Florida high school by the Chicago White Sox, Ravelo began a journey that led him across four major league organizations before deciding to ply his trade in Japan in 2021.
The Padres signed Ravelo after two years in NPB, and he's now working to make it back to the majors, where he spent 42 combined games between 2019 and 2020 with the Cardinals. His long journey has him more than four years older than the average player in the PCL, at 31 years old.
Ravelo is not going to crush baseballs, and as a first baseman defensively, that could be an issue to his long-term future, but he has walked more than he's struck out this season and is slashing .301/.416/.427 in Triple-A.
VERDICT: The lack of power will doom Ravelo to a life as a Quad-A type – excellent minor league numbers that simply don't translate to a major league viable player. He is a fun story and a good guy to cheer for, though.
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