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Jose Tena, IF
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I had a hard time sourcing new opinions on Tena, who seemed lost in the shuffle of Cleveland's huge shortstop contingent at instructs. His report is the same except to note that he is one of several prospects in this system who looks like they spent a lot of time working out during quarantine, and Tena's center of gravity looks higher now than when he was in the 2019 AZL. He'd be in the 40+ FV tier were he not so aggressive at the plate, but early indicators are that he suffers from Vitters' Affliction, swinging so often because, for now, his excellent feel for contact is enabling an approach that's less likely to be tenable at the upper levels. That feel for contact comes despite a sometimes noisy, wild swing that has Tena's wheels spinning as he's trying to run out of the batter's box. That he has such strong, top-to-bottom plate coverage, even when he's swinging out of his ass, makes him exciting from a contact/power potential combo standpoint. Might as well turn him loose and let him swing like that since it doesn't seem to impact his quality of contact as much as what he decides to swing at does. The skillset and build evoke Rougie Odor. (Fall Instructional League)