Atlanta Braves Top 100 Prospects: #2 Ozhaino Albies

Atlanta Braves Shorstop Ozhaino Albies

Who Is He?

Albies was an international signee in the summer of 2013 out of Curacao, a place the Braves know well and scout very well. He exploded onto the scene in 2014, spending time with both the GCL Braves and Danville Braves. He performed tremendously with both, totaling a .364/.446/.444 line with 22 steals and a 28/23 BB/K ratio between the two levels while flashing big time defensive potential at shortstop. He was still off the radar of many prospect lists outside of Kiley McDaniel, who rated him as the Braves #1 prospect on his organizational list, which caught a lot of people by surprise.

Next: Albies' scouting report

The Braves moved up Albies to full season Rome as an 18 year-old, and he established himself quickly as one of the top prospects in the entire game. He hit .310/.368/.404 for Rome while playing stellar shortstop defense, putting up 21 doubles, 8 triples, and 29 steals. He was injured in early August as the team was discussing a possible promotion to Carolina to finish the season for him. The prospect lists have certainly caught on to Albies as well, with Baseball Prospectus ranking him as the #37 prospect in the entire game, Baseball America ranked him #63, and MLB.com ranked him #20 in all of baseball.