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Luken Baker, IF
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Scouting report
Baker's amateur career was bedeviled by freak injuries -- a left arm fracture and ligament and muscle tear, a few missed games after taking a bad hop to the face, a fractured fibula and torn ankle ligament suffered while sliding into second base -- which likely snuffed out our chances of watching him play two ways at TCU. Because Baker is the size of one of the Easter Island Moai statues, there's some fear about his athletic longevity. But he has monstrous raw power and has performed when healthy (I'm not sweating a .390 SLG in the Florida State League), so he has a fair chance to hit at least enough to be a CJ Cron/Jesús Aguilar sort of performer. He seems to carry more weight in trade talks than a run of the mill 40 FV and could have a Luke Voit career arc that Cardinals fans will actually get to enjoy. If not, he's going to hit a ton of homers overseas. (Alternate site)