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Hudson Potts, IF

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Scouting report

Part of Boston's return from San Diego for Mitch Moreland, Potts has transformed from a glove-first high school shortstop to a power-hitting corner bat in the span of just four years. He hit for power in the lower levels of the minors before running into some strikeout trouble at the upper levels (a 30% rate at basically a whole season at Double-A), though Potts was the age of a college prospect at that point and is still just 22. The power comes from strength rather than lift in the swing. Potts' swing path is actually quite flat, and even without his strikeout issues, I think he'd hit for less in-game power than his raw due to lack of lift, though perhaps his new club will be able to coax more out of him. There's bust potential here, just a binary "no" on the hit tool, an outcome in the Juan Francisco/Matt Davidson realm. The middle-of-the-road projection is that of a big power/low on-base part-time bat who plays a couple of the four corner positions. (Alternate site, was on the instructs roster but did not play in games)