macbdog
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Jose Ramirez is 10x a better prospect than Walters and playing well at the MLB level. Walters was never acquired to play short, more of a super utility guy.
Uh, Jose's likely projection in the bigs is in the same role, too. About equal, really, both have their positives and warts. Walters has a good deal of power but doesn't walk much, Ramirez has no power but has good ABs and runs the bases well with the speed to get better. I think the club is eying Walters and his power for an OF spot and then hopefully have a more defensive-oriented guy for the regular infield gigs. The guy to keep an eye on is Geovanny Urshela at Columbus. Plus defender, 22 years old with a 26/43 BB/K ratio in 85 games for the Clippers. Has some pop in his bat that has been slowly growing as he moved up the organizational ladder. Guy that has just quietly gotten better and gotten it done. Reminds me of another guy already on the team who is like that who is also pretty clutch and has dreamy eyes. Hopefully Urshela gets some burn up here at roster expansion time.