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Gavin Sheets, OF
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Scouting report
A player dev employee from a team that saw a lot of the Sox during the Fall echoed the thoughts I've had about Sheets' swing basically since he was drafted: he too often slices down at the baseball, and he can only get to his considerable raw power in certain parts of the strike zone. He does have good bat control and makes mid-flight adjustments to breaking balls, which he has the raw strength to punish even if the timing of his lower half has been compromised. He's a good hitter, just one I'm skeptical will clear the offensive bar at first base without trading some contact for power, which hasn't happened yet. He got some run in the outfield during Instructional League, and if he proves capable of playing there then he belongs up in the Gonzalez/Rutherford area. If you stand back and take a bird's eye view of the profile, this is a 24-year-old who hasn't slugged over .415 in pro ball yet and now occupies a 40-man spot on a club that has several other hitters just like him. (Fall Instructional League)