[Tyler Koerth] Chicago Cubs 24 year old prospect Owen Ayers wins 2025 AFL Breakout Player of the Year award

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1. While it should be noted that the pitching in the AFL is usually pretty bad (teams generally protect their best pitching prospects from undue pitching loads) this was a good showing. His batted ball data was legitimately good and he got good reviews on his receiving (which for a prospect transitioning to the position is nice to hear).

   Ayers will be the rare case of a position player at his age at the levels he will see (South Ben and Tennessee if things go well at age 25) that remains on the fringe of prospect status. I would go ranking him in the top-20 yet, but there’s enough helium there that he’s worth a follow.