The Crawfish Boxes · May 16, 2021
Early Season Observations from the Farm
Maya Carter/Asheville Citizen Times via Imagn Content Services, LLC Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Low-A)
Shay Whitcomb - Whitcomb came out of the gates red-hot with the bat including an early four hit game, but has an alarming K/BB ratio at present. This is at odds with his amateur track record and should normalize, but is worth monitoring
Nerio Rodriguez - The big catcher leads qualified Woodpeckers in wRC+, and has an absurd 31.7% BB rate in the early going. The passivity doesn’t seem to be holding him back at the plate at all either, as he’s hitting .327 with some pop as well. He’s an under the radar guy but likely won’t remain that way if he can maintain something resembling this pace.