He just needs to cut down on the strikeouts. He’s going to have his work cut out for him, but this is a talented kid who’s already been blessed with all the right skills he needs to succeed. The thing about moving up now is that he’s really going to have to make the Cubs promote him considering the depth of the Cubs have acquired over the last two months. Then, by the end of the year he could make his way to Tennessee. I’m hoping the Franklin will begin the year in South Bend.

It’s clear that he knows the strike zone, but is he just trying to do too much. The strike out percentage was high 28%, but so was his walk rate at 16%. 405 OBP and he had 16 home runs and drove in 54 over 61 games. In 2021, I previously mentioned Franklin slow start, but he rebounded to hit. 467 to go along with three home runs and 11 RBI. For Franklin, it was a sad moment as he was just obliterating the ball. Left-handed hitting first baseman Bryce Ball is returning to Tennessee. Before that, Ryan managed Altoona in the Pirates system from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, Arkansas season was cut short after 16 games. Ryan managed the South Bend Cubs in 2021. 263 with 6 Home runs and 34 RBIs as he played in 62 games in 2019. It took Franklin a while to get his bearings straight and then he had a very good second half of the season at Arkansas.Īs a freshman Razorback, Franklin hit a respectable. Most of the high school kids in the draft had an advantage because they did not stop playing in the summer of 2020 where as the colleges cut the season short and the summer wooden bat leagues did not come to be so there was not really a place for them to play. It didn’t just sink, it fell through the floor. He got off to a slow start and had a lot of strikeouts early in the season and his stock plummeted. Back then, I thought he would or could rise up to the middle of the first round at best. When the first draft rankings came out this spring, I was not surprised to see him at the back of the first round. I’ve been aware of Franklin for a couple of years now. Has to iron things out, but the upside for this 2021 #MLBDraft follow is huge. Loud power to all fields, talented athlete that can really defend in CF. Despite some pretty noticeable swing-and-miss issues, it’s hard to ignore the tools that Arkansas OF Christian Franklin has.

Bryce ball south bend cubs