Miami Marlins Top Ten Prospects For 2017

7. Stone Garrett, OF

Birthdate: 11/22/95 (21 years old)
Level(s) Played in 2016: rookie, low A
Stats in 2016: .211/.268/.363, 6 HR, 2 SB

An impressive physical athlete on the field, Garrett is still waiting for his baseball skills to catch up with that athleticism.

Garrett had a big season in 2015 in short-season ball, but injured his wrist before he could get going in 2016, and he never got his season off the ground. Worst of all, he seemed to regress in some areas that he’d made significant progress in 2015.

Garrett had a big season in 2015 in short-season ball, but injured his wrist before he could get going in 2016

Garrett is a guy who could definitely profile in center field with his fringe-plus speed, though he would need to work on his reads on balls off the bat. He also has an average-ish arm, which doesn’t excite many evaluators about keeping him in center. Moving him to left could allow him to play an elite level of left field defense, however, which could up his value.

The bat is going to determine how far Garrett goes. While he has a very good physicality to have blistering offensive stats, he’s struggled with a poor mechanical swing that the Marlins have been working to clean up since he came into the organization.

Coming back from the wrist injury, Garrett slipped back into old habits with his swing, and it showed in his exorbitant strikeout rate.

He’ll likely return back to low-A this season and hope for a healthy year where he can move quickly as he’s already 21 at this point.

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