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Bubba Thompson, OF

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Scouting report

It's possible the reps he's lost due to injury are at least partially to blame for his struggles (Thompson lost chunks of time to the pandemic, a fractured hamate, and recovery from a wall collision), but the gap between where Thompson's hit tool is right now and where it needs to be for his tools to play is pretty vast. He got off to a hot start at Double-A in 2021, but the visual evaluation of his bat-to-ball skills is still poor. He can really fly, he has power, and is a tough, hard-working kid who plays like he loves baseball, the sort of player who I'd like to succeed but fear will not because of the bat.

Age	Lvl	Team	Def	Level	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	xA	xO	xS
26	B	CIN	LF3, CF3, RF3	mlb	18	.111	.111	.167	0	5	61.1	0.0	-36	.176	.191	.271