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#4. Rainiel Rodriguez

I think Rainiel has something really special with the bat and even if he can’t stick at C, I think he will be fine at 1B even if short. It sounds like there is a decent chance he sticks back there though.

Bling and others have made me change up a few of my next rankings. I have a clear top 4 with Wetherholt being a 60 FV, Doyle a 55, and Mathews and Rainiel at 50. But then I have a trio of 45+ FV guys next with the original order being Bernal, Crooks, Joshua Baez. But I have been convinced on Baez enough to actuallly put him at the top of that group. He has very special power projection. I think it will be a .220-.240 hitter in the bigs, but with 30 HR power potentially that will play and be a valuable starting COF.

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