It’s always nice to see the Cubs make a splash in the Dominican or Venezuela. They signed Enrique Acosta for $1.1 million. The full scouting report is here (subscribers only). He’s ranked 9th.
Acosta, who is represented by Rob Plummer, has one of the best bats in the Dominican Republic. Acosta, 16, has a short load and gets his hands started easily with a clean, efficient swing and good bat speed. He has a good approach to hitting for his age and uses the whole field. Some scouts say his swing is shorter than Ronald Guzman’s and Elier Hernandez’s and that he has more power as well. He gets good extension and the ball jumps off his bat. He could have more pop once he learns to incorporate his lower half into his swing.
Will be a couple years before we see him in the United States, but hopefully he gets some playing time in for one of the Dominican League teams the Cubs have this season.
This is good. I like this.. I wanna get the switch hitting catcher too. We have been pretty active in the dominican lately. I like it
This is excellent news. They need to do more of this sort of thing.
apparently this is the first time they have given a bonus over $1 million to a latin american prospect
Add Malave and Ricardo Marcano to this list. Rumor is Malave got $1.5.
Marcano supposedly has a very good bat (in both contact and power).