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Isaiah Greene, OF
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Greene was a 2020 draftee out of a SoCal high school, and he's a frame-based projection prospect who may have had a bigger breakout senior year had the pandemic not squashed his pre-draft season. Teams and scouts who liked him best as an amateur thought he had pretty good feel for contact and were projecting on both his broad-shouldered, He's an average athlete who struggled to get over his front side on throws from the outfield during my looks at him in 2019. That's one of a few developmental things to watch as Greene traverses the minors. The big one, though, is his swing. As an amateur (again, going off my 2019 summer looks here) his swing was really long and needed pretty significant polish to be playable, but he wasn't loading his hands quite as deep during his first pro instructs, and he had a better Fall than expected. It's likely that Cleveland's amateur report drove their desire to acquire Greene since he was a recent draftee who only saw instructs action. And in this regard Greene isn't your typical Cleveland prospect in that he was a little older than the typical high school prospect and is already 19 and a half. However, since you're reading this list, you know they have a penchant for SoCal hitters. Some scouts do not agree with me about the swing. They like Greene's cut and had him in the late-first, early-second round mix. I had him in the third round as a higher variance sort, with the speed for center field (for now), considerable body projection (which might impact the range in center), and the need for a swing overhaul. (Fall Instructional League)