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Frazier leads five Tribe prospects in Top 100
- Updated: July 28, 2016
For much of his baseball career, Clint Frazier has had the spotlight on him.
“He’s a guy who’s going to bring attention to himself, whether he wants to or not,” Indians director of amateur scouting Carter Hawkins said earlier this month. “Red hair. He can hit the ball 500 feet. There’s a lot of things that point towards Clint Frazier. He’s just starting to understand the things he needs to do to stay within himself and not focus on the externals.”
But that spotlight should shine even brighter now. The outfielder was named the top prospect in the Indians’ farm system according to MLBPipeline.com’s Top 100 Prospects. On Thursday, MLB Pipeline released its midseason re-rank of the Top 100 and the Top 30 for each club. Frazier began the year ranked 27th in the Top 100, one spot behind teammate Bradley Zimmer.
However, Frazier has jumped to 24th, while Zimmer fell to 35th. Both outfielders were recently promoted to Triple-A Columbus and could possibly be called up to the big league club in the near future.
“This move was 100 percent about Clint and Brad’s development,” Hawkins said. “It was not about positioning our rosters. That being said, I think …
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