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Drew Romo, C
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Scouting report
Romo was the best defensive catcher among the 2020 draft's high schoolers: he had the best arm, and also has rare physicality and athleticism for a catcher, a walking, broad-shouldered embodiment of his home state. Romo also switch-hits and has huge raw power and bat speed, but there were serious pre-draft concerns about his ability to make contact, which is what drove some teams to think he'd head to school rather than sign, but the Rockies took him early enough to keep him from LSU. High school catching is scary and players from that demographic bust a lot. Go back and read any Adley Rutschman or MJ Melendez report from when they graduated high school and they read, in broad strokes, exactly the same as Romo's does right now (plus glove/arm, frame, athleticism, power), and that's how variable his developmental trajectory may be. His ceiling is every bit as high as Veen's, Romo just comes from a much riskier demographic of player. (Fall Instructional League)