The Brewers’ front office has repeatedly expressed confidence in Nottingham’s ability to remain at catcher in spite of his current defensive issues, but if he does eventually have to move to first base it would severely limit his potential usefulness at the major league level. The fact that Nottingham is in the top 10 catching prospects probably says more about the degraded state of catching as a whole in the minor leagues than it does about Nottingham’s future utility behind the dish. With an overall grade of 45, Nottingham projects as a fringe-average regular/platoon bat, and he’ll be lucky to slot within the top 20 prospects in Milwaukee’s system once that list is unveiled. While placing the “catcher of the future” tag on Nottingham sounds nice, in reality he’s got a lot of work to do to become a big league regular. Provided he can get back on track this season in the Minors, Notthingham could be ready for his first big league audition in 2018. With Jonathan Lucroy no longer in the picture, the door is open for Nottingham to become Milwaukee's catcher of the future. They're also divided on whether Nottingham can stick behind the plate, where he shows an average arm as well as solid catch-and-throw skills but lacks consistency in his blocking and receiving. Southern League hurlers exploited his aggressive approach and his strikeout rate spiked as a result, leading some scouts to question the future utility of his bat. Power is Nottingham's best tool, and he shows it to all fields thanks to a combination of strength, bat speed and a leveraged swing.
He was given a 45 hit, 45 field, and a 30 run. In his scouting report, Nottingham receives grades of 50 for his power and arm, but all his other tools are scored as below-average. Those that rank ahead of Nottingham in the top 10 are: Carson Kelly (Cardinals), Francisco Mejia (Indians), Jorge Alfaro (Phillies), Zack Collins (White Sox), Chance Sisco (Orioles), Reese McGuire (Blue Jays), Tom Murphy (Rockies), Austin Barnes (Dodgers), and Jose Trevino (Rangers). Jim Callis described Nottingham as “a slugger who's still figuring out the nuances of making consistent contact and cleaning up his defense.”
He graded out above-average in framing by Baseball Prospectus, but caught only a middling 29% of attempted base stealers and allowed a whopping 21 passes balls in 98 games behind the plate. 234/.295/.347 slash with 11 home runs in 456 plate appearances. In his first exposure to the AA level with Biloxi, Jacob managed only a. Nottingham came to Milwaukee as a part of the return for outfielder Khris Davis last February, though his first year in the organization was a bit of a forgettable one. Josh Hader is Ranked as Baseball’s #1 Left-Handed Pitching Prospect by MLB Pipeline
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