Age: 22
Born: August 4, 1998
Macon, GA
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Drafted: 2nd round, 2017
How Acquired: Draft
High School: Westfield (GA)

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Scouting Report Update (7.29.2020)

Physical Description: Very lean, athletic frame. Looks smaller than listed height and weight. Minimal remaining projection. Doesn’t have the frame to sustain significant weight gain.

Hit: Starts open with a toe tap timing device. Has already tinkered with swing mechanics; used to start square with little incorporation of his lower half. Has also tried starting open with a leg kick of varying heights as well. Shows a willingness to take a walk, but can be overly passive at times and work himself into bad counts. Lacks bat speed. Struggles with velocity, lot of swing and miss at present. Hasn’t shown the ability to hit the ball in the air with regularity.

Power: No power potential. Not a part of his game. Doesn’t hit the ball in the air enough and lacks strength to hit the ball over the fence. Has yet to show even consistent gap power in pro ball.

Run: Plus speed. Baserunning instincts are still a work in progress.

Field: Potential above-average defender. Gets good reads in the outfield and has a quick first step. Uses speed to close down on balls in the gap.

Arm: Fringe-average arm strength.

Career Notes: Was a highly regarded prospect coming into the 2017 draft after excelling on the showcase circuit. Underwent surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand prior to senior season of high school. Had been committed to Georgia Southern. Assigned to Greenville to start the 2018 season, but was sent back to extended Spring Training after extreme struggles at the plate, posting a ground ball percentage near 70 percent and a sub-.500 OPS. Has improved groundball rate somewhat, but still has continued to struggle at the plate. Participated in the Fall Instructional League in 2018. Got some limited playing time in the Coastal Plains League, typically a collegiate summer wooden bat league, in 2020, and struggled at the plate in a small sample size.

Summation: Lacks a carrying tool to project as anything better than a low minors depth outfielder. Needs to make significant progress to re-establish prospect status. Doesn’t project to hit enough to allow speed and defensive ability to carry him. Will struggle against more advanced pitching. Needs to add strength and settle on comfortable mechanics at the plate. Doesn’t profile to hit for any power, so needs to focus on a contact-oriented swing and using all fields.