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Maximo Acosta, IF
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There's no change here as Acosta was a late arrival to Arizona and only got under way in Extended about a week before publication. I saw his first game; he looked a little more trim but otherwise his usual self: Acosta had an impressive instructs run from a bat-to-ball standpoint and generated stronger reports among pro scouts who saw him there than the lukewarm ones amateur scouts filed from their workout looks. Acosta's tools aren't showcase-friendly. He has uncommon barrel control and his swing is not only suited for him to make contact at the top of the strike zone, it's also where he does most of his damage. He's vulnerable down and away, where he ends up cutting at balls on a decline and driving them into the ground, but lower-level pitching won't be able to exploit that consistently. For someone still shy of 19, Acosta is pretty stocky and strong. If his build stays this way, it improves his chances of staying on the middle infield but also caps his raw power close to average. Regardless of which marginal side of average his power ends up settling on, the contact is what's going to drive Acosta's prospectdom, and based on fall looks, that aspect could be special.