"Probably has a 40/40 season" and "he's going to be Mickey Mantle" seem like wild projections. Only 5 guys ever have done 40/40 but Dominguez is a better than even money bet to do it? If he was, he'd be rated #1 by every prospect evaluator in the world.
He's got tons of tools and room to grow, but that's a big expectation to hang around anyone.
My take is outrageous. My projection, ridiculous. I get it. Very unlikely to meet such ceilings and would have to wait 15 years to see if he's putting up Mantle numbers, repeatedly. He probably won't be, different eras and all. My Mantle take is more based on his power while being a switch hitter.
However, he has the power to hit 40 homers, and he has the speed to steal 40 bases, so...? We just saw a guy go 40/70 last year. Base stealing is back.
Why is he ranked so low? Injury? Maybe his fielding is suspect? I don't know.
If he was a lock to be Mickey Mantle, he would be ranked number one by every single prognosticator in the industry. Bryce Harper was literally rated number one by every prognosticator in the industry, and he's not Mantle either.
I'm not saying he can't be very good. I'm not even saying he can't be a top 10 to 15 all-time player. But assuming that's his outcome is taking a massive leap.
No one is a lock to be anything. Scouts get stuff wrong all the time. Mike Trout was not baseballs #1 prospect. He was drafted in 25th and when he debuted, Harper was the Baseball America #1 prospect. Trout currently leads Mantle in OPS+ by 1 point and could eclipse him in career WAR in about 4 years, at which point Trout and Mantle will have both been 36 y/o.
It's odd to me that you had this opinion on Basallo in his thread, yet Dominguez is basically probably going to be Mickey Mantle. Just replace the names and you can say the same thing.
Dominguez has been a household name for the last 4 years. Signed a record setting contract at 16 y/o. Basallo, not so much.
