Notre Dame gets a prediction to land ‘26 DL Elijah Golden, who will commit on July 26th
On Friday, Rivals John Garcia Jr. put in an expert prediction from the Irish to be the pick when the 6-foot, 4-inch and 275-pound prospect makes his decision on July 26th. Golden will also have the hats of Alabama, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech on the table, but at this moment Notre Dame is in a great position.
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They currently have Tiki Hola committed on the interior of the defensive line, and would love to add Golden to the fold later this month. He's ranked as the nation's No. 185 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings, and will participate in multiple high school All-Star games once this coming season ends.
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Looking at the former group, the one to which Anthony belongs, it gives you some idea as to both the upside and the risk of Anthony's contract. Locking up the first eight seasons of Adrian Beltre/Freddie Freeman/Carlos Delgado/Giancarlo Stanton's contract with an Anthony-esque deal would be a clear winner for the Bosox. But even, Alvarez and Correa have had blips that give some cause for concern. Jay Bruce is an interesting one - he was a power-before-hit guy, like Anthony might be if things don't go optimally, and started to run out of steam right about the time he would be guaranteed the biggest money in Anthony's deal. Butler was an unathletic, bat-only guy - I don't see Anthony as a legit comp. Eloy Jimenez is a scary name - like Anthony and Yelich, he was a low launch-angle guy - but his lack of complementary skills and poor plate discipline explain his poor development. Normally, I love these early 'lock him up' deals from the team perspective, but the calculus has begun to change. 'Great player/prospect at affordable dollars' contracts, like the Braves' Acuna/Albies deals are becoming rarer. The players signing them are either getting less great or getting more dollars, or both. Anthony is a really good player/prospect getting big dollars. (Campbell isn't as great, and is getting way less money, and Chourio is great, and getting way less money.) As a Red Sox fan, I'd be happy - Anthony is a really good player/prospect, and will be on the home team for a good long while, in part thanks to the departure of Devers. The Sox invested their savings promptly in a homegrown stud. But the risk here must be acknowledged - even the best prospects aren't sure things, and as good as Anthony is, there been have prospects of his caliber that have fallen short of expectations. And the money is real - if Anthony develops a la Yelich, no one is complaining. If it's more of a Jay Bruce arc, I guess that's OK, too. But Jackson Holliday was arguably even more highly regarded as a minor leaguer than Anthony - how would you feel about a future $30 million salary commitment in the early 2030s if you were an Oriole fan, even with his 2025 improvement? The cost of an unlikely Anthony washout would not be nominal, as it would have been for most of the other young players signing so early in their respective careers.
