Is Bryson Stott Ready to Be the Phillies

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Bryson Stott smoked a 104.8 mph RBI-double down the right field line on Saturday in the Arizona Fall League’s Fall Stars Game to put the West on top 1-0 in the third at-bat of the game.This doesn’t come as a surprise though, as the Philadelphia Phillies second-ranked prospect has been consistently turning heads this fall, including those in the front office of the team that drafted him 14th overall in 2019.Stott’s showing in the Fall League, including a .319/.454/.458 slashline, 8 extra-base hits, 20 walks, 2 home runs, and 22 RBI; and his campaign acro s 112 games in the minor leagues in 2021, hitting .299 with a Ondrej Pavelec Jersey .876 OPS, 26 doubles, 16 home runs, 49 RBI, and 65 walks, got fans thinking:Are we looking at the Phillies’ everyday shortstop for 2022? When the Phillies signed Didi Gregorius to a two-year deal in January, the belief was that he would fulfill the shortstop position until Stott was fully ready for big-league action. But after a lackluster 2021 at the plate, that saw Gregorius batting just .209, and in the field, with 18 errors (tied for sixth in MLB), it prompted the Phillies to .The Phillies have been eager for a solution to their shortstop problem since franchise icon Jimmy Rollins departed from the team back in 2014, and notes that 19 players have started a game at shortstop for the Phillies since, with only Freddy Galvis playing more than 162 games there.Even with a historic cla s of free-agent shortstops this winter, President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski and the rest of the Philadelphia front office are Dustin Byfuglien Jersey sincerely hoping that Stott can be the guy that finally solidifies himself at the position. Plus, the belief is that they’d rather spend their money on the and . According to , Dombrowski told Stott to “come with the mindset of trying to win a spot with the big-league club when you come to spring training.”Scroll to ContinueFrom an offensive standpoint, it seems Stott would have no major i sues satisfying a spot in the Phillies lineup. There are some questions surrounding his defense, though, as Buchanan notes that Stott, “at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, is on the bigger side for a shortstop Winnipeg Jets Jersey .” But the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) product has been working with coaches, including , on his first-step quickne s by fielding a multitude of groundballs in defensive drills.”Your first steps can never be too good,” Stott said. “You can never think they’re too good and you can never stop working at that.”Buchanan continues that Stott does have admirable defensive skills, moving “smoothly and athletically,” and po se sing “plenty of arm strength.” Quite frankly, Stott cannot be any worse than what the Phillies have produced defensively at shortstop since 2015, tied for 25th-worst in Defensive Runs Saved (-44) at the position. And with the 24-year-old’s confidence and attitude, he will be determined to not fall under the Phillies’ failed experiments at shortstop.Preston Mattingly, the Phillies’ new Director of Player Development, is optimistic that Stott will be Tyler Myers Jersey Philadelphia’s shortstop of the future. “In the long run, this kid is going to be a shortstop,” he said. “We’re trying to groom a total player, and that’s what Bryson is in our opinion.”Stott also sees himself as a shortstop, telling reporters that “the manager’s writing the lineup and I’m playing short,” he said. “That’s where my feet are going to be.”While Stott is closer to being major league ready offensively than defensively, those working closely with him and watching him play believe he is on the right path to being ready in that facet as well. Whether he is on the Phillies’ 2022 Opening Day roster remains to be seen, but it’s more than likely he will be Shawn Matthias Jersey with the big league club sooner rather than later.Stott has the faith of Dombrowski, Mattingly, and others in the Philadelphia front office in him, and all reports about him display that he is dedicated to showing the Phillies he is ready to take on a role at the major league level.More From SI’s :

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