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Petey Halpin, OF
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Scouting report
Halpin's profile seems to be right in the crosshairs of Cleveland's draft model. He was a SoCal high schooler a tier below the glitzy Pete Crow-Armstrong group (Halpin was pushed to center field on the NorCal Area Codes team by the SoCal outfield depth), was young for the draft class, and has an impressive feel for contact, all of which seem to be drivers for the Cuyahoga contingent's draft preferences. Though he's wiry and skinny-looking, Halpin has sneaky pop because of how consistently he gets the bat head on the baseball. His amateur swing had a very upright front side through finish, and yet he was still able to drop the bat head and impact pitches toward the bottom of the strike zone, and in general he has great top-to-bottom coverage of the zone. He seemed to be working with a more open stance in the Fall and he had clearly added muscle during the 2020 layoff. That may alter the nature of his contact quality, but for now I have Halpin projected as a leadoff-hitting center fielder. (Fall Instructional League)