Antoni Flores 2018 Bowman Chrome Prospects ROOKIE AUTOGRAPH AUTO PSA10!Red Sox

Description: ANTONI FLORES ROOKIE (BOSTON RED SOX-SS RC) 2018 BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECTS "THROWING THE BALL POSE" ROOKIE AUTOGRAPHED CARD#BCPAAF WHICH IS GRADED GEM MINT PSA10 BY PROFESSIONAL SPORT AUTHENTICATORS (44588340)!!Antoni FloresMinorsBoston Red Sox ShortstopAge:19Born:October 14, 2000Birthplace:Valencia, VZHeight:6-1Weight:190Bats:RightThrows:RightDrafted:Not draft eligibleHow Acquired:International free agentFirst Pro Contract:July 2, 2017 (BOS)Signing Scouts:Angel Escobar & Eddie RomeroSigning Bonus:$1,400,000Rule 5 Draft Eligible:December 2011MLFA Eligible:November 2024 Pro Debut:June 2, 2018 (DSL)Added to 40-man:-MLB Debut:-Service Time (1/20):0 daysOptions Remaining:3 (0 used)Contract (2020):MiLB contract Scouting Report & Links Physical Description: Already physically developed for his age. Average athlete, needs to get stronger. Was noticeably thicker during the 2019 season to the point that it limited his mobility and quick-twitch athleticism. Will have to watch his body as he gets older to ensure he doesnâ€™t lose any more athleticism. Hit: Starts square and utilizes a leg kick. Loose at the plate. Will shorten up with two strikes. Good bat angle. Above-average bat speed. Bat will take some time to develop. Approach needs work. Needs to improve pitch recognition. Struggled against more advanced pitching in aggressive assignment to the New York-Penn League in 2019. Was unable to catch up to velocity, especially up in the zone, and was overly aggressive early in counts, leading to a lot of weak contact. Potential average hit tool. Power: Will show average raw power in batting practice. Could take some time to translate into game action. Power is primarily to the pull side at present, but could develop all-fields power in the future. Run: Below-average speed. Won't be a huge threat to steal bases, but could grab a few due to strong baserunning instincts. Speed grade dropped a half grade in 2019. Will need to put work into taking care of his body to prevent further decrease. Field: Soft hands, fluid actions in the field. Strong instincts for his age. Reads the game well; rarely lets the ball play him. Plays the game with some flair in the field. Range decreased in 2019 as he lost some of his athleticism. Potential to develop into an above-average defender. Arm: Plus arm strength. Capable of making all the throws necessary from the left side of the infield. Career Notes: Had trouble staying healthy in 2018, missing six weeks with what the team called "general soreness" (but may have been a strained left shoulder) after being promoted stateside from the DSL, then pulling his hamstring in his second game after returning, leading to a second absence. A small minority of scouts considered him the systemâ€™s top prospect entering 2019, but he struggled in an aggressive assignment to Lowell. Appeared to be pressing later in the 2019 season, compounding initial struggles, and was replaced in the lineup by GCL call-ups during the Spinnersâ€™ playoff run. Participated in the Fall Instructional League in 2018, when he was one of the most impressive players in camp, and 2019. Summation: Potential emergency up-and-down infielder. Ceiling of a second-division regular. Wide gap between what he is now and what he could be in the future. Best present tool is his arm. Has a chance for three more average tools in hit, power, and defense if he reaches his potential. Strong instincts for his age have allowed tools to play up in the past, but tools played down as he struggled through a difficult 2019 season. Entered 2019 as one of the most intriguing prospects in the system, but his body regressed and he really struggled at the plate. Odds of reaching his ceiling are lower now, but it is still possible he could return to the form he showed in 2018 and quickly re-establish himself as one of the top 10-15 prospects in the system. LinksSpring Training Video of Antoni Flores (3.22.19)State of the System 2020: Middle Infielders (4.29.2020)Scouting Report Update (5,13.2020) Hitting Stats yearteamlglevelorgagegabrh2b3bhrrbitbbbsosbcsavgobpslgops2018DSL Red SoxDSLRkBos1713491017311142587010.3470.4390.5100.949 2018GCL Red SoxGCLRkBos1724010100311000.2500.4000.7501.150 2019LowellNYPLA-Bos1855181143541012412559130.1930.2930.2270.520 2020 Stats yearteamlglevelorgagegabrh2b3bhrrbitbbbsosbcsavgobpslgops2020----19 stats After a long run of pitchers to close out the top 20 and then continue a little beyond that, we are now going on a mini run of positions players, by which I mean we have our second straight position player. This time around it wasn’t a particularly close vote, either. Antoni Flores comes in and grabs the number 23 spot on our list grabbing 39 percent of the vote. Flores was a fairly high-profile international signing in the July 2 period of 2017, which was a big one for the Red Sox as it was their first in two years without any restrictions. Antoni was number two in the Red Sox class that year behind Daniel Flores. The latter, of course, tragically passed away later that year after a battle with testicular cancer. Antoni had some hype around him heading into that next summer when he was getting ready to make his pro debut in the Dominican Summer League both because of his own talents and also the circumstances of being a top position player signing from Latin America. The Red Sox have had a ton of success in that market, most notably of late with players like Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers. So, Flores had some eyes on him that summer and he didn’t exactly disappoint. The young shortstop hit .347/.439/.510 in the DSL as a 17-year-old and got a very quick cup of coffee in the GCL ahead of the Fall Instructional League that year. Red Sox Lookback: Rich GarcésLatin Athletes Becoming More Common In Pro SportsPhoto by Joe McNally/Getty ImagesA look back at a former fan favorite’s career. Read more The pedigree, the team’s success with Latin position players and his early success all had things lined up for Flores to take a legitimate leap in 2019 and perhaps vault himself to the top spot in the organization or at least something close to it. The Red Sox clearly believed in him as a player and as a kid with plus makeup as they pushed him up to Lowell and skipped the GCL all together. Unfortunately, what ended up happening was Flores being among the most disappointing players in the entire farm system. In 55 games and 208 plate appearances with the Spinners, the young shortstop hit just .193/.293/.227. This wasn’t just a matter of a player having some bad luck snowball, either, as the reports that came out of Lowell were much different than what we heard in the couple of years prior. He suddenly struggled much more with pitch recognition against the most talented competition he had seen to that point and was swinging through a lot of bad pitches. On top of that, when he did make contact it was rarely crisp. His grades in the field suffered, too, as he reportedly added a little weight and that made his quick twitch that had impressed scouts early in his career disappear. By just about every measure, 2019 was a disaster. All of that being said, this could be just the time to buy low on Flores’s stock. While there were very real issues here that need to be addressed, at the end of the day we’re still talking about a kid who was 18 years old playing in the U.S. for his first full season. Scouts love to say development is not linear, and this is the perfect time to remember that fact. Furthermore, some reports from this spring indicate he spent the offseason working on getting that athleticism back, and if he can also regain some of his old approach as he gets more comfortable in the States a bounce back is far from an impossibility. If there is baseball played in 2020 he is likely to repeat Lowell but a strong start could push a promotion to Greenville for the final month or so of the year. Here is our list so far: 1. Jeter Downs 2. Triston Casas 3. Bobby Dalbec 4. Bryan Mata 5. Noah Song 6. Gilberto Jimenez 7. Jay Groome 8. Jarren Duran 9. Thad Ward 10. Tanner Houck 11. Matthew Lugo 12. C.J. Chatham 13. Connor Wong 14. Nick Decker 15. Cameron Cannon 16. Marcus Wilson 17. Aldo Ramirez 18. Brayan Bello 19. Ryan Zeferjahn 20. Chris Murphy 21. Chih-Jung Liu 22. Bryan Gonzalez 23. Antoni Flores Item Condition/Details - Please Read PLEASE NOTE: Any notable flaws or damage putting them outside the condition stated in this listing will be noted. 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