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Bryson Stott, IF
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College performers aren't typically divisive, but Stott's swing and defensive actions are atypical, and not all scouts think they work. I've seen a bunch of him since his sophomore year at UNLV and still don't know. He can move the bat head all over the zone but doesn't do damage everywhere. I've seen him homer on pitches at the top of the zone, and go down and golf them out off his shoe tops, he is great at adjusting to breaking balls mid-flight, and more and more of those are being thrown at the big league level. I've also seen him be late on a lot of fastballs, and end up topping them into the ground. Sometimes he'll flare pitches he's late on over the head of the opposing shortstop, but there is a way to pitch to him to limit damage if you execute, which was evident at the alt site as well. I've dialed down Stott's game power projection because of this, making it imperative he stays at short. He's a big guy with an atypical throwing stroke. I had him projected to stay at short last year and there's basically no new info on this end, but not all the four corners scouts, who saw him play defense most of all, thought he could. The snapshot of the profile -- a lefty-hitting shortstop with power -- is still a prospectdom rarity, but I'm growing skeptical about the in-game power matching the raw based on the alt site look. (Alternate site)