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Estevan Florial, OF
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Florial spent 2020 at the alt site, made his big league debut, then got a lot of run for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League. I simply don't think he'll hit enough to be anything more than fourth outfielder. His swing's length makes it so he has to cheat to catch velocity at the top of the zone, and if he gets caught doing that, he ends up swinging over top of well-executed offspeed and breaking stuff away from him. He has elite physical ability and I'm sure he'll golf out dingers when pitchers miss down-and-in to him, but big league pitchers are too good to make that kind of mistake over and over again. I wouldn't be surprised if he had some white-hot Domonic Brown month or two before pitchers adjust to him. I'll gladly eat crow if Florial ends up being a consistent big league hitter for a half decade because that'll mean we'll have gotten to see his electric tools (he has one of the best throwing arms I've ever seen), but I don't think that's going to happen. (Alternate site, MLB, LIDOM)