{"id":5375,"date":"2011-11-03T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2011-11-10T20:58:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T02:58:23","slug":"top-50-prospects-50-francisco-lindor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5375","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Prospects: #50 – Francisco Lindor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#50 Francisco Lindor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleveland Indians<\/p>\n

Previous Rank: N\/A<\/p>\n

DOB: November 14, 1993<\/p>\n

ETA: 2015<\/p>\n

As the first guy off the board in this year\u2019s Sombrero Top 50, Francisco Lindor, the 8th<\/sup> overall selection from the 2011 draft just squeezed in.\u00a0 The main knock on him and why he isn\u2019t a little higher is the fact that he signed late and collected less than 20 at-bats as a professional in 2011.\u00a0 His place among the Top 50 is based solely on who he was as an amateur; he is young (still just 17), was without a doubt the best up-the-middle player in his draft class, and grew up in a phenomenal baseball environment after immigrating to Florida from Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

He has across-the-board tools with a chance to be at least a 50 in each of the five traditional areas and very little downside.\u00a0 He is listed at 5-foot-11 and 175-pounds, but probably has an inch or two left to grow and should approach 200-pounds by the time he gets makes his big-league debut.\u00a0 His power tool blossomed a lot during his senior year at Montverde, but still is what scouts like to call in the \u201cdoubles\u201d or \u201cgap\u201d range.<\/p>\n

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2011<\/a><\/td>\n17<\/td>\nMahoning\u00a0Valley<\/a><\/td>\nNYPL<\/a><\/td>\nA-<\/td>\nSS<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n.950<\/td>\n4.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
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Whatever you want to call it, Lindor is a guy with easy athleticism who has a chance to be an impact bat at the toughest position, and has age on his side.\u00a0 He should rise quickly and may realistically be on a 25-man by his 20th<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n

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