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Vaughn Grissom, IF
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Scouting report
Grissom was invited to the Braves' alternate site (Atlanta opted out of video sharing) as a 19-year-old then went to instructs in Gwinnett. Because the club didn't do instructs in Florida like everyone else who wasn't in Arizona, sourcing non-pitch info from there was difficult, and the combo of the alt site opt out and the odd instructs leaves us with insufficient info to alter Grissom's report: Because he was a high school teammate of 2019 fifth overall pick Riley Greene, Grissom was heavily scouted as he broke out during his senior spring, rising from a pocket follow to an early round prospect. The Braves saved money on their picks in the top 10 rounds so they could splurge on prep prospects who slipped. Grissom wanted to be a Brave and Atlanta scouted him closely all spring, convinced he could stick at shortstop despite a 6-foot-3, 180 pound frame that had many scouts assuming he'd move off the position. His tools are average to a hair above across the board, and his offensive approach is more power-over-hit. He's a young, high-variance prospect with a chance to be an everyday player. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)