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Austin Wells, C
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Scouting report
Had scouts thought Wells could catch coming out of high school, he probably would have been drafted highly enough to sign, but an elbow injury kept him from squatting as a senior and he was set to be a draft-eligible sophomore anyway, so he was a courtesy 35th rounder (the Yankees drafted him) and matriculated to Tucson. At Arizona, where he split catching duties with Mets fourth rounder Matt Dyer, Wells raked. He hit .357/.476/.560 in two years at U of A, and while I'm inclined to discount that line because PAC-12 pitching wasn't very good during that time, he also hit .308/.389/.526 on Cape Cod, where it is. Still a fringy receiver, his arm strength impacted by a previous arm injury, Wells probably can't catch but he is mobile enough to run around in the outfield. He's likely to take the Kyle Schwarber route and move quickly, and his frame suggests he'll be able to sustain mobility for longer. (At-home dev)