The Book on Brett Lawrie

Prospect Info

Brett Lawrie
Born 1/18/1990
2B, MLW

It's a bit cheap comparing Canadian slugger Brett Lawrie to fellow Canucks Larry Walker and Justin Morneau, but in this case the comparison is about more than nationality: Lawrie can flat-out rake, though he does it from the right side of the plate and hasn't shown the power potential of those two other lumberjacks. An all-around baseball talent with no ceiling in sight, the fact that he's played both shortstop and catcher well enough to make it onto both position lists tells you something about the special youngster. With both of those positions pretty locked down in Milwaukee, he's also been asked to learn second base, which might be his quickest path to the majors right now.

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Player Updates and Notes

Only five months into the experiment, Brett Lawrie may be moved off second base and into the outfield, according to Baseball America's Jim Shonerd. Lawrie hasn't really taken to second base this year, as he leads the SL in errors at the position.

8/26/2010 by PeeWee

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