Atlanta Braves Scouting Report on Outfielder Ray-Patrick Didder

Future Outlook

When I watched Didder in the field and especially on the bases, I was reminded of a former Brave, the man who caught the final out of the 1995 World Series, Marquis Grissom. Their builds are similar, and I do see a similar ability to hit for power in Didder as to what Grissom did. Grissom hit 20 or more home runs 4 times in his career along with stealing 30 or more bases 4 times as well. Injuries drastically affected Grissom’s speed, but taking a look back at Grissom’s career reminded me of his 1993 season, one of my first years playing fantasy baseball. He hit .298/.351/.438 with 19 home runs and 53 stolen bases along with a gold glove.

Grissom doesn’t fully express the full player Didder is, obviously, as Grissom took less hit by pitch in his entire career than Didder did this season in Rome (31 total for Grissom in his 2,165 major league games vs. 44 for Didder in his combined 139 games between the regular season and post season this year). Grissom also had a solid arm in center field, but he had nowhere near the arm that Didder has.

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Didder will likely see a move to the new Atlanta Braves affiliate in Kissimmee in 2017, but some work on that swing could lead to a quick jump to AA Mississippi, and that elite defense could absolutely push the organization as there are elite raw talents like Ronald Acuna and

that are teenagers, likely to be at the same level as Didder or at Rome next season, but Didder has realized more of his potential and has more there that could come as well with power in the swing. He’s a guy I was much higher on than the consensus (be honest, did you know who he was coming into 2016? I had him in my top 40 prospects in the system.), and I have a feeling I may remain that way, though the top end of the system is getting to be tough to crack!