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When a former top prospect establishes an MLB baseline as a solid regular, the market’s expectations of him lower accordingly.

Take Manuel Margot (RF/DH, TAM) and his 395 ADP in 2022 drafts. He once ranked among the game’s top 25 MLB prospects back in 2017. Scouts saw the potential for a .300 BA, 20 HR, and 40 SB at his peak. He was rated as a 9C prospect in April 2017 by our scouting writers.

But his production since that time has been good, not great:

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