Drew Waters

Team: Florida Fire Frogs (A Adv)ETA: 2021Position: OFAge: 19 DOB: 12/30/1998Bats: S Throws: RHeight: 6' 2" Weight: 183 lb.Drafted: 2017, 2nd (41) - ATL

When Waters emerged as one of the best high school prospects from the state of Georgia, winning Gatorade state player of the year honors, the obvious landing place for him in the 2017 Draft was of course the Braves, who love bringing in talent from their own backyard. After a hot start in the Gulf Coast League, the second-round pick struggled with a promotion to the Appalachian League. But he clearly learned some lessons and has had a fantastic full-season debut in the South Atlantic League in 2018.

The toolsy outfielder made some solid adjustments at instructs last fall and it carried over into 2018, with the tweaks he made to his mechanics at the plate clearly helping him. He had tinkered quite a bit with his setup and they worked with him to stay with one approach, closer to what had worked for him in high school. He has a buggywhip of a swing, and work he did on his stride has helped him be on time more consistently, and that should continue to help him tap into his considerable raw power more consistently. Waters has plus speed, which will continue to aid him on the basepaths and in center field, where he has the chance to stick.

Waters is a veritable toolshed who simply needs time and reps to use those tools consistently and have them turn into performance. All the pieces are there for him to potentially develop into a dynamic everyday player and he took a large step in the right direction in 2018.

Source...MLB