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Osleivis Basabe, IF
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Scouting report
You can project Basabe to play a multi-positional, up-the-middle role similar to the one Edwards and perhaps Bruján are expected to play, albeit with much less certainty in his hit tool because Basabe swings at everything, and swings really hard. He takes full-body hacks that help him generate surprisingly hard contact from someone so small and young. Basabe also isn't a viable shortstop defender right now. He has the range and athleticism to play there and make some effort-based plays others might not, but his ability to make routine plays lags behind what is typical of a stalwart middle infielder, hence the multi-positional projection, which includes center field. But there's feel for contact and some pop here, an up-the-middle fit even if he doesn't improve as an infielder. The twitch and feel for contact are exciting, but you have to project on lots of technical components (defensive actions and hands, any amount of selectivity) to see a regular. As of 2020 instructs and during his stint with Aguilas de Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League, those had not yet arrived. (Fall Instructional League, Venezuelan Winter League)