The Good Phight’s Community Prospect List

Dante Nori was a divisive pick even on the night he was drafted. On what should have been the biggest moment of his life to this point, Nori’s being selected into the Phillies organization was almost instantly recognized as a reach. An older high school player, Nori doesn’t have much power to speak off, meaning he’ll have to live and die with this ability to make contact and use his speed on the basepaths. The issue with this is that in today’s game, if the bat can get knocked out of your hands easily, pro velocity can separate you from the pack pretty quickly.

That means, unless Nori develops some semblance of power, teams are going to challenge him quite regularly with fastballs. It’s an…