I think if you’re going to make an argument that James can succeed where Myers has — thus far, at least — failed, it really comes down to understanding the strike zone.

d’Arby Myers (1063 PA): 5.5% BB — 21.2% K
Jiwan James (134 PA): 8.2% BB — 18.2% K

KG was even saying after Myers’ eye-opening GCL performance that, “He’s still very raw, particularly in his approach.” Whereas with James now, he’s at least saying things along the lines of, “He showed intriguing natural hitting ability last summer despite the rustiness, with a good idea at the plate, and he has the ability to use all fields.”

I suppose it’s scout speak, but it means pretty much what it says: that some scouts think Brown profiles as more of a gap-to-gap hitter than a pure power threat because his swing is more geared to line drives than long flies.

Incidentally, my understanding of Brown’s development is that he was a bit overly focused on contact before this year at the expense of sapping his power production. It seems he did a much better job picking his spots to drive the ball this year — a .214 ISO in the FSL is pretty darn impressive — so I think the power potential is still there. But if KG’s thoughts on the swing plane are correct, the hope may have to be for more of an Utley-type “the hard hit line drives turn into home runs” power threat, as opposed to a classic power hitter.