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Atlanta Braves Scouting Report on Infielder Anfernee Seymour

By Benjamin Chase

POOL Aug 14, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Detailed view of first base with a Mariano Rivera plaque during a game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays Yankee Stadium. The Tampa Bay Rays won 12-3. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
POOL Aug 14, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Detailed view of first base with a Mariano Rivera plaque during a game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays Yankee Stadium. The Tampa Bay Rays won 12-3. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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On the offensive side, there is really a perfect comp for Seymour in a former Brave. In 1987, Topps produced one of the most iconic visual baseball card sets, with the wood grain borders of each card. As is the case with most card series, the 1987 series featured players from the 1986 season. One of the guys on the Braves in 1986 and therefore on the Braves in that set was Omar Moreno. He was a guy who really was almost entire pure speed. He had a .252/.306/.343 slash line, with the majority of his “power” coming due to speed. He stole 487 bases in 12 years in the major leagues, yet he was caught as many as 33 times in a single season!

While Moreno is a guy that you have to go back quite a ways for (that 1986 season was his final year as a player, but he stole 96 bases at one point in 1980 and averaged 66 from 1977-1982, including the strike shortened 1981 season), the guy who I found most made sense to me was a recent rule V pick that made good for his draft club, Everth Cabrera, who did not play anywhere in organized baseball this season in spite of only being 29.

Cabrera was a .246/.315/.328 hitter in just over 2000 major league plate appearances, stealing 138 bases. He also stole 165 bases in 382 minor league games. Cabrera was also one who played around the infield and center field as a minor leaguer before playing mostly at shortstop as a big leaguer.

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Seymour has a long way to go to even reach Everth Cabrera’s career, and he’ll start next season in Brevard County. Whether the Braves move him to an outfield spot, second base, or use him in a utility way to give days off around the middle of the field throughout the week, Seymour will need to improve his contact ability and pitch recognition to have a chance at making the big leagues and sticking there.

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