The Top TOOLS in the Atlanta Braves Farm System Entering 2026

We've taken a look at the top prospects in the Atlanta Braves farm system. Today, Goro joins the show to look at the top tools that you could see on display really soon in Atlanta. You are Locked [music] on Braves, your daily Atlanta Braves podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. Hey, welcome back to Lockdown Brays, part of lockdown sports Atlanta where we cover your favorite Atlanta sports teams each and every day and also part of the lockdown podcast network, the number one sports podcast network. I'm your host Jake Mastriani been covering the Atlanta Braves in both written and podcast form for over 10 years now. And once again, this is locked on Braves, your daily connection to all things Atlanta Braves and today we're connecting with Gorov to talk about prospects. We just finished our top 30 rankings and today Goro is going to be joining the show to talk about who has the top tools in the system as well. This episode of Locked on Braids is brought to you by MLB the show26. Visit MLB the show/lockdon and use code locked on to unlock a pack for use in Diamond Dynasty. You can pre-order it now available on March 17th on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Rated E for everyone. Right, Gorov. It's that time of the week. I got you on here to talk about some Atlanta Braves prospects. And again, we just finished our top 30 prospect list. Got some good feedback from that. But if you haven't, make sure you go back and listen to those three-part episodes that we did on the Braves top 30. But wanted to come back and look at the top tools in the system. So excited to dive deep into these. And we're going to start with the pitching tools first, hitter tools as well. So let's get right into it. Been a lot of talk about fast balls here lately at the big league level. We did a podcast last week talking about Spencer Strider's fast ball and the the IBB on it and why it's so important. This is a guy that we're going to talk about first in Young Carlos Lara and his fast ball that isn't necessarily IBB dependent Gora because it's really fast. [laughter] >> Yeah. Yeah. That's that's when you have 103 in your back in your back pocket that makes it extremely difficult. Like no matter what the the the exact traits of the fast ball aren't that great, right? you're it doesn't hit that marquee 18 uh 18 inch IVB, anything like that. There's not supreme movement on it. However, what Lara does possess is the ability to ramp it up and get it up to 100 to 102 103 pretty much whenever he wants. His ability to maintain that velocity throughout an entire start. Of course, now he's a reliever, but through an entire start, you know, going into last year, he was still able to sit 99 to 100 when we were talking about the fifth and sixth inning. So his ability to do that is what really really pushed him forward to get that uh to get the top fast ball in the overall organization. Now it was it is important to also say like it wasn't a simple decision because you do have those very specific traits. You know you look at someone like Spencer Strider with that 18inch IBB. That's why it was so good. When you look at someone like Hayden Harris or Dier Fuentes, they have a very very flat fast ball, right? And that and that uh impacts the vertical approach angle. Now with with Dier, he's hitting 98 with a very flat fast ball and now you hear flat and it's not necessarily, you know, the best the best reactions aren't necessarily there. However, because it is so unique in the way that it crosses the plate, it makes it an extremely high width pitch. we saw uh last week in the in the spring training game, he was still getting 70% whiff on his four seam fast ball up in the zone. So while while it is kind of standalone, you have Lara and Rowdy Reyes right there in terms of supreme velocity when you're really digging into the details, it doesn't necessarily mean it's the best fast ball in the entire organization. However, because of his ability to hold that velocity through an entire start is what really put at the top of the list. >> Yeah. And I would assume too where I'm moving to a a reliever role now. You could probably see that top velocity more frequently. I would think >> you you would you would imagine so. Especially when he needs to get that out pitch, right? He can he can really uh reach back, hit 102, hit 103, get generate the whiffs. It doesn't matter where it is. 102 103 is going to induce strikes regardless. It's going to induce whiffs regardless. So, you would assume based on that slider uh because of how good a slider is, and we'll go on we'll go in that in here in a little bit. The ability to throw 102 in with in your back pocket is simply going to be astounding uh and a relief role as long as he can locate it. >> Um next up, we're going to look at the top curveball in the system. And this is somebody that we haven't even seen yet, Gorov. So, I'd imagine that the the notes out on him must be pretty high on this curveball. >> No, for sure. When when you talk about curveball, all the talk goes to RPM. And with Briggs at the age of 17 in high school, he was he was slinging a 32 3300 RP RPM curveball. His ability to induce that kind of spin itself is is one thing to talk about. His ability to then spin it and locate it within the strike zone and generate whiffs is another thing. And by all accounts, Briggs's ability to to spin that that ball and get 32 to 3,300 RPMs really makes it top of the class. It will be interesting to see, again, we talked about just last week with Briggs and how the Braves love having sliders involved with starting pitchers, his unique ability to throw that curveball at such a high spin rate really, really paints a picture of his ability to perhaps pick up that slider. So with Briggs McKenzie, it's someone we could be talking about next season in terms of where is his slider? Is he near the top of the class itself because you don't often have 17 18 year olds being able to spin something that well that consistently. >> MLB pipeline gave his curveball a 60 grade coming out of the draft. That's very very high there. Uh next one already he alluded to the slider of young Carlos Lara. 52% whip rate at TripleA last year according to prospect Savant. I mean, it's just again, you mix 103 and then you have a plus slider to go on top of that. You can see why the Braves wanted to try their very best to make him a starter. Uh, with two plus pitches like that. >> No, absolutely. And and his slider even grades from plus to potentially double plus. I know over at baseball perspectus, I asked them to go through the thought process of just uh measuring and and using that stuff prograde to see how well Lara's overall spin rate on his slider worked in terms of uh comparing it to to every single major league baseball pitch. And um I was astounded. Uh Lara came in with a close like 2.1 to 2 negative 2.1 to negative 2.2 two stuff pro, which alone makes it one of the best pitches. We're not even talking about slider. One of the best pitches in Major League Baseball as is. And we're talking about someone that was really that's really pretty much pretty new to pitching as is and is, you know, you we can see the improvements throughout each season. and he's he's learning the craft and he's getting there's still a lot of more work that needs to be done. But for someone to have that really really powerful slide or the powerful breaking pitch to go with 102 is, you know, there there's a reason why everyone was like, "Okay, this guy could be the closer of the next, you know, the next decade, something like that, cuz he does have those two plus to close to double plus pitches." and being able to really sling that slider to all parts of the zone. Not only is it kind of unhitable with that 62% whiff rate, his ability to throw it to multiple parts of the zone is what really really stands apart about it. So with Lara, as long as that that walk rate, as long as he's able to control those pitches just a bit and and well command those pitches just a bit, I would like to see a little more command out of those two. Uh you're looking at someone who grades as one of the potential best relief arms in all of baseball. Yeah, like we talked about it last week, Mason Miller. I mean, that is the upside and Carlos Lara. I mean, most dominant leader in baseball. Uh, next up is the change up coming from Cam Keminiti, the Braves top prospect. >> Yeah, with with Cam again, he was mainly uh three pitches last season. It was it was his fast ball that he wanted to locate in the upper third, which he did a marvelous job of. They they picked up that new slider sweeper and he did extremely well with it being able to throw it to for strikes on both sides of the plate to lefties and righties. What we also saw was a staggering change up, one that just darted away from from from left-handed batters and then was a neutralizer against righties because they just could not fathom. One, the tunneling between all three pitches was was really supreme for someone his age. And then again, his ability to get that lateral movement on his change up was really significant as well. He also had the vertical break on it, too. But it was really the lateral movement that stood up like really really shined. And you know, Cam's unique ability at his age to sling three to four average to plus pitches. We're only scratching the surface with him. And he's someone that there's a reason why we had him number one overall and jumpier Fuentes. We talked about that last week. with continued progression. If we see that sweeper continue to improve and he's throwing that curveball next year, there's no doubt in my mind he's a unanimous top 100 prospect in all of baseball. And it's going to be hard to say he's he's anything other than like top 75. Uh next comes in at command, somebody we've already mentioned, but Diddier Fuentes 2.53 walk per nine in the minors last year. Anything under three is really, really good. You're talking about 2.5. We did see that balloon a little bit up at the major league level to 4.15. But overall, what we've seen from him in his minor league career is just elite command. >> No, for sure. And and let's also like quickly tell the difference between control and command, right? Control is the ability to throw strikes. Command is is quality strikes. And with DD Fuentes, he's got the best command. His ability to locate what he wants to to all parts of the zone is what really stands out about him. He's got that super flat fast ball when he but when you get it in the upper third and it looks like that ball continues to rise uh when you're at the plate, it makes it harder and harder to hit. So, we saw that that those kind of issues when he did come up to to the pros. He did suffer he did had some issues getting on top of the ball, having it sit at the top of the zone instead sat more towards the middle and that became a lot more hitittable. That's not Fuentes. And that's why I didn't have too many concerns about it because what he does is that you incredible job of commanding all those pitches. He's able to throw him exactly where he wants to to generate whiffs with all of them. So I expect him to have a really strong rebound rebound season. We already saw it in that spring training start getting tons of whiffs from the four seam fast ball up in the zone. combo that with his with his splitter that he just really did not throw that much last year with ever with the rest of his arsenal and you're looking at a top of the rotation type of talent. And then finally on the pitching side of things, control as Gorov just talked about the difference between command and control, but best control guy, Lucas Braun. I just mentioned a 2.53 walk per nine in the minors for Dier 2.42 for Lucas Braun over three minor league seasons. just ridiculous control be being able to fill up the strike zone and uh it's why he's been so successful and why I think the floor is, you know, pretty high for a guy like Lucas Braun as maybe a back-end starter. >> No, I totally agree with you. While while none of the stuff really really stands out, he's able to throw all of his pitches in his arsenal for strikes, and that's the biggest thing. Uh it'd be nice to be able to see him, you know, what we saw with Schwalenbach, right, early on in his career was he was staying really, really hard in the zone. even with his breaking pitches, they would still end in the zone. And that's what that's when he started giving up more and more hits, more contact, things like that. Uh I would love to see Lucas take that one step with some of his breaking pitches where he have a little bit more command of it and he's able to throw it in the start of the zone and have the ball end out to generate a little more whiffs. But as is, it's the top control in the organization because of his ability to throw everything he has for strikes, which makes him which makes him like a really really difficult bat because you don't know what to expect no matter what the situation is. If we see the command rise, you're looking at someone that could see his overall grade rise as well. But I do like the idea he does have a really really high floor. He does have he he looks like someone that's going to pitch at some point in Atlanta this year. And as long as everything shows out there as someone that's not going to give up his his role in Atlanta because again of his ability to throw four to five to six pitches for strikes. >> Yeah, I definitely think we'll see Brun at some point this season. And look, we go through this list of the top tools and we didn't mention Luke Sennard. We didn't mention J.R. Richie. I think that speaks more to just the depth of talent on the pitching side of things for the Atlanta Braves as those are two really good prospects in their own right. Uh next we'll take a look over at the offensive side of thing and some of the positional tools for the Atlanta Braves. We'll get into that here next. 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You would expect a guy who has such a a a high hit tool to hit for a much better average at the lower levels. >> Yeah. Yeah. Typically when you when you think about a really good hit tool, you think about a 300 hitter, right? And with John Hill, we definitely see the projection in something like that. the his approach at the plate already fantastic. He's not one that chases too often. He doesn't chase up high. He doesn't chase away, which is significant for someone his age. He's got amazing uh he's got amazing barrel control. He's got super super fast wrists. Uh he's someone that doesn't get confused. Now, the reason why you can look at his batting average and and and kind of question this is because he had such a high ground ball rate to start the season last year. someone that was mainly for for the beginning for the start of his career he's really trying to exploit his double plus speed that he has and as a result he just had a really really high ground ball rate and no matter what if you hit it somewhere it's bound to be an out these guys are all professionals regardless of of the level that they're playing at and they're going to be able to throw you out. So with John Heale, it's more along the lines of what we saw towards the end of the year was his his ground ball rate started to drop, his line drive rate started to increase, and when the line drive rate started to increase, we saw his power uptick. And again, you you saw him have multiple multi-hit games, things like that. So for for John, while it isn't something that you look at the numbers right now and you're like, "Okay, yeah, that makes sense. He's got the best hit tool in the organization." This is something along more along the lines of he's got all the tools to be able to become one of the one of if not the top hitter in the organization from just a contact point of view. Now, when you put it, you talk about the whole package, he's got everything that you want from a player. But when we're just specifically talking about the hit tool, what he does at the plate, the the overall approach and what he does at the plate is something that we're highlighting. And we expect him to see we expect to see that batting average really really climb and to go with that rock rate really shine and show you what type of player he is uh in 2026. >> And to just stay on John Hill for a second too, he also gets the top tool for speed. 114 stolen bases in his minor league career so far. 54 of them last year. Some of the the best speed in the system, too. >> No, it's it's it's pretty scary. And uh we actually hand graded him. Of course, when you handra versus using using those measurements, it's it's always a tossup, right? But we we timed him with with 80 speed multiple times with home to first speed. And uh you don't typically have someone that has projectable 20 18 to 25 home run power with double plus speed. You talk about the 114 stolen bases. That's just scratching the surface. I'd love to see him be even a little more aggressive. You saw Patrick Clohisy last year finish a season with over a 100 stolen bases. That's of course including the Arizona Fall League. I would not be surprised if John He's going to come close to that just because he hits for so much more power than Kloisy, but he is someone that should be able to theoretically steal 40 plus stolen bases every single year. Speaking of power, a guy who's definitely projectable, still very young, but Diego Torrren comes in with the best power tool in the system. >> This is this is someone Braves fans are going to be so excited to watch. Again, last year was mainly just hearing from scouts. And when when scouts and coaches are talking positive about a 16-year-old, you know, you got something to play with. And with Diego Torren, you have kind of you kind of have similarities with with John Hill in terms of the super super fast wrist, the great barrel control. With Diego Torren at 16, he had mammoth exit velocities. We're talking 110 plus miles an hour. That's already getting into the elite territory. And then when you factor in factor in his age at 16 and 17 years, he's getting those kinds of EVs. Like you you see so much potential in the overall power with this bat. Yeah, it's hard not to get really excited when you're talking about Diego Torren just because of the totality of his of the totality of all of his tools, right? And uh he's someone that, you know, Braves Braves fans are not just Braves fans, fans alike, right? They want to see power. Everyone wants to see power. And with Diego Torren, I think the Braves have truly one of the best power hitting prospects that they've had in quite some time. I'm not I'm You could talk about Ronald and it's hard to put Ronald you it's hard to compare any prospect to Ronald because one game of Ronald in the lower miners and you were like okay he's different from everyone else. We haven't had the chance to see that with Diego yet just because of how young he is but he's the way he's talked about amongst coaches amongst scouts throughout the uh throughout the world. He's got some of that shine and and this year when we get to see him, we we saw his approach already in spring training against major league talent. He's still not he's still not chasing up high, which is something you expect a 16-year-old to do in a situation like that. So, the fact that he's already recognizing those breaking pitches, he's already not chasing those pitches as well. Uh it's a lot to get excited about. And then you you look at those mammoth EV numbers and it's something like, okay, the Braves may really have something here. >> Yeah, certainly excited about all of that, too. Hey, this is Jeff Carr from Lockdown Reds. And you know, I've reached the point in my life where my wife and I are looking toward the future. We've got the house, we've got the career, we even have an awesome dog, but now we need to secure that future. That's where ethos comes in for us. 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And then a guy if he can have it figured out at the plate, Grov, you know, Emiors Tiverz, I mean, what he does defensively is is really special to watch. >> Yeah, great pitch, great great recognition off the bat, great first step both ways. He's he he can play short stop, he can play second. It doesn't matter which which side of the bag he's playing on, he's a he's a plus defender. You add that with a fantastic arm and and he's got a great motion on his arm. Well, he's able to get the ball out of his hand super fast. someone that will provide plus defensive value at multiple positions. He can probably play third two. He's got good power projectability as well. The the whole thing is will his hit tool be high enough? Will he make enough contact? Will he be able to get on base at a high enough clip? We did see some improvement in terms of he the number of pitches he saw per at bat really increase. And you saw his chase rate go down on some of the the really big zones that he had issues with. So, like it's it's important to to remain um patient with him. Uh but, you know, when you factor in age and things like that, it is it is a little pressing. You want to see him show out a little better if he's going to have the kind of offensive profile that we hope he would have. But, as of today, when we talking about infield defense, there's no one better in the organization than Ambiors Tvaris. >> But I will say Alex Lois, at least early on what we've seen, I think he's somebody that could rival that uh as well. Um, but he also has some questions with the hit tools that that need to be figured out. Um, on the outfield though, Isaiah Drake, not only did he make improvements in the at the plate last year, but also looking like one of the better defensive outfielders in the system. >> Yeah, for sure. With with Isaiah again, it's is supreme athlete and by all accounts, he has put in the time and effort that you want to see from someone of his skill set, some of his someone of his ceiling as well. And that's exactly what Isaiah Drake did. He he put in whether it be a ball in the air, he makes fantastic quick quick reads off the bat. Uh he uses his supreme athleticism to fly around to be able to get routine like what what shouldn't be routine fly balls, line drives. He's able to catch them without having to dive. You know, something that Braves fans alone like Andrew watching Andrew Jones as children recognizing while he might make something look routine, it's not necessarily routine. I'm not saying Isaiah Drake is at that level. However, I am saying that Isaiah Drake is a plus defender in the outfield and someone that pitchers would love to play in front of. >> And then the next one or the final tool here, the highest ceiling, somebody we've already gushed over a little bit, but Diego Torren, you look at this this group of position players and he's still young, but again, every all indications seem to be that this guy, you know, could be an all-star talent. >> Yeah. At 16, he checks all the boxes and that's kind of overwhelming to say. You don't you don't typically see something like that. But at 16, his ability to to to not chase to multiple parts of the zone, he's not chasing up high. He's not chasing down low. And for all accounts, he doesn't chase out wide either. Having that kind of approach at the plate is fantastic. He's able to recognize breaking pitches. He's already uh from from what I've uh heard, he can recognize the curveball. He can recognize the slider. Those are two two really tough pitches for someone of his age to be able to recognize and lay off of. So, not only is he recognizing those pitches in a very small amount of time, he's he's able to recognize where in the zone they are, uh we talked about the mammoth exit velocities that he already has uh of as of today. Uh we talked about the elite hand speed, we the elite bat speed through the zone. Everything that you could want from a hitter, Diego has seemingly shown the ability to do. Will he do it in a consistent manner? we will see this year when he's most likely going to be state side. But when you talk about players to get excited about, players that look like they have everything together, even when you compare Diego Torrance to someone like John Heale, who looks to have enormous upside, John He still had those issues with the ground ball percentage, he was still hitting the ball on the ground at a very, very high rate to begin his career. Diego isn't doing that. And some of it could have to do with the qual the quality of pitching he's facing against. But this year we'll fa we'll really see that with our own self. If if he's got that uh ground ball rate at at an acceptable level sitting somewhere between, you know, 20 to 30%. Then it's going to be hard to maintain any kind of patience with someone like him because then you're talking about a complete hitter at at before the age of 18. That's and that's scary to think about really because that's a really really high ceiling. So with Diego Torrance, you're looking at a generational type of player should he continue to progress at the rate that he is right now. >> Yeah, certainly exciting to think about and again hopefully we get to see him state side hopefully at Augusta this year. All right Gorav, that'll do it for this episode. Thanks so much for joining us today and thank you so much Gora for joining and breaking down all those tools and top talent to get excited about this upcoming year for locked on Braves. Uh we'll wrap things up here. Hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and we will talk to you next time.

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