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- Updated: July 28, 2016
ATLANTA — As shortstop Dansby Swanson has progressed through his first full professional season, he has lived up to lofty expectations and strengthened his status as one of baseball’s top overall prospects.
Swanson ranks fifth on MLBPipeline.com’s midseason Top 100 prospects list, which was released on Thursday. Four other Braves were included on this list — second baseman Ozzie Albies (19th) and left-handed pitchers Sean Newcomb (60th), Kolby Allard (75th) and Ian Anderson (94th).
While Newcomb has fallen from No. 21 to No. 60 since the start of this season, Swanson has risen three spots and Albies has improved his position 10 spots. Allard has jumped 14 spots during his first full professional season and Anderson gains this honor less than two months after the Braves took him with the third overall selection in the MLB Draft.
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Swanson and Albies could be brought to Atlanta to begin serving as a double-play combo before the end of this season, but the …
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