Prospects Edition: No. 1 Pick Eli Willits + Brewers 2B Dylan O'Rae; + Pirates R&D Jack Cecil

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by two MLB prospects who are excelling defensively.

The one you might know by name is shortstop Eli Willits, last year's No. 1 pick by the Washington Nationals, who currently is playing in High-A and leading minor league shortstops in Defensive Runs Saved.

The other is Dylan O'Rae, a second baseman in the Brewers organization who is playing very well defensively and dominating in basestealing too for the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers.

Mark talked to Eli and Dylan about memorable plays they've made and how they go about playing their respective positions. They're both big on creating. In Eli's case, that's creating your own hop to field balls cleanly. In Dylan's case, that's creating (and preventing) chaos.

We were also joined by Jack Cecil, an SIS alum and R&D analyst for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who talked with Mark about recent posts on LinkedIn about innovation in baseball and how player projection and player development can work best together.

Thanks as always for listening. Please check out the FieldingBible.com website, follow us on Bluesky at @sportsinfosolutions.com, and read our work at SportsInfoSolutions.com. You can e-mail us at Mark@sportsinfosolutions.com.