Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LAD | OF | 12 | 45 |
Grades Update: Dec 2020
| OFP | Role | Hit | Power | Field | Arm | Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 40 | 40 | 55 | 50 | 55 | 50 |
Dec 2020 Report
Evaluator: Geoff Pontes
Age: 20 yr
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180 lbs
Hits/Throws: R/R
Acquired: 2018 IFA
RuleV: 2022
Physical Description: Physically mature for a player under 21 years of age. Muscular and athletic build, good baseline frame, broad shoulders, with some strength over mass projection remaining which should compliment his present power.
Hit: Loft heavy swing with an average launch angle of 25 degrees. Sets up with an extremely upright stance, hands set by shoulder slightly extended, with an upright bat. Leg lift trigger, quiet load, good weight transfer, and clean gate. Does a good job of staying on time and in control of his levers. While his path and setup lead to power and flyball heavy results, it also leads to high swing and miss rates. There's some concern around his zone whiffs as Pages struggles badly against quality spin. Despite his contact woes, Pages shows good feel for the zone, makes high quality contact, and his bat to ball skills aren't poor, just below average. Grade: 40
Power: Huge lofty swing, and plus bat speed, leads to a heavy flyball-contact leaning batted ball profile. Plus raw power that he gets to in games. As the youngest player in short season in 2019 he slugged .651, despite being nearly three years younger than the competition. Does a good job of destroying fastballs at the bottom of the zone and hanging breaking balls. His unique ability to combine loft and hard contact at such a young age gives him one of the highest power ceilings in the system. Grade: 55
Field: Has the speed and athleticism to a handle centerfield at the moment. Should he fill out any more he could lose a step and get pushed off to a corner. Shows average routes to the ball and reads off the bat, has the makeup speed at present to compensate for some of his weaker reads and routes. An average fielder that can handle all three outfield positions. Grade: 50
Arm: Above average arm with good mechanical throws and on line carry, not terribly accurate will overthrow his intended target but flashes the arm strength needed for right field. Grade: 55
Run: Above average speed at the moment but it's inconsistent. Doesn't look like a player whose speed will age well, it's good underway in the field but he does lack initial burst. Long term he will settle into an average to a fringe average run tool. Grade: 50
Overall: Pages is one of the highest upside bats in the lower minors of the Dodgers system. His ability to hit for power and consistently find the barrel give him a strong future role regardless of where he ends up defensively. His current ability to play all three outfield positions at an average level is the cherry on top. There's a load of projection left in the profile and a wide range of outcomes, but his unique ability to find power at such a young age and additional value defensively lead me to an aggressive grade on the fringes of everyday regular. A power hitting, corner outfield is how I envision his long term profile.
OFP: 45
Role: 40 - Below Average Player - Bench/Platoon
Risk: High
