How Important is Age in Evaluating Dylan Carlson?

There’s a growing revolution happening at the lower levels of the Cardinals farm system. For a few years now, the Cardinals have done well developing solid position player talent, but the top prospects have generally been on the pitching side. Over the last two years, three position players have asserted themselves in a way that promises to flip that script. Elehuris Montero was recently named the Midwest League MVP after a monster 2018. Nolan Gorman, the team’s 2018 first round pick, made an aggressive rise to Midwest League Peoria in his first season, ending his professional debut season with 17 homeruns in 270 plate appearances, good for a .295/.381/.577 slash line spread across two levels. The third member of the triumvirate is Dylan Carlson, the franchise’s 1st round pick in the 2016 draft. That’s the player I want to focus on today.

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