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Tucupita Marcano, OF
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I love Marcano's feel for contact. He's got more career walks than strikeouts in the low minors and was trusted to be a bench stopgap in the big leagues early this year. He has plus-plus barrel control and is capable of making contact all over the strike zone, but he's quite weak and often gently serves balls into play or inside outs stuff he'd ideally turn on and pull. Even though he's only 21, Marcano is so rail thin that I don't think he's going to add meaningful weight and strength. You could argue this is a low-variance 45 sort of profile, but I don't think Marcano is so good at shortstop that that's the case. One-note offensive players like Freddy Galvis and José Iglesias, classic 45s, are each both comfortably better defenders than Marcano. His defensive footwork is great, but his hands and actions are just okay. I'm cautious about over-grading Marcano just because he's so advanced. I think he'll end up a utility player in the Cesar Izturis mold. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)