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Philadelphia Phillies Top 10 Prospects for 2017

By Benjamin Chase

Mar 19, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Philadelphia Phillies hat and bat lays at home plate against the New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 19, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Philadelphia Phillies hat and bat lays at home plate against the New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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8. Arquimedez Gamboa, SS

Birthdate: 9/23/97 (19 years old)
Level(s) Played in 2016: short season A
Stats in 2016: .200/.254/.292, 2 HR; 5 SB

Signed out of Venezuela in 2014 for just under a million dollars in bonus money, Gamboa made the leap straight to the GCL in his first year, and while the bat wasn’t great there, his glove was incredible.

Then he jumped advanced rookie ball and went to the New York-Penn League, and he was incredibly impressive in the field, flashing range that could be rated as plus at least along with a plus arm as well.

(Gamboa) has continued to show improvements in his ability to make contact, his ability to generate power, and his overall idea at the plate

Gamboa has been pushed by the Phillies beyond where his bat has been ready, but he has continued to show improvements in his ability to make contact, his ability to generate power, and his overall idea at the plate.

He faced mostly guys who were coming out of college in 2016 in the NYPL as an 18-year-old. He’ll be 19 in 2016, and he’ll likely be in full-season Lakeland.

Gamboa is a guy who may not be on a ton of Phillies lists for sure, but every person I talked to about the system brought him up without me prompting his name, and that’s not true of a number of guys above him (though, many of them would likely be “assumed” prospects by many scouts).

It will be interesting to see how the Phillies handle him and let him develop his bat, especially with Gamboa being a legit shortstop defensively. They should have time to let him develop with Crawford being defensively ready at shortstop for a while.

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