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	Omar Carrizales Born: 01/30/1995 (Age: 21)
	Bats: Left	Throws: Left
	Height: 6' 0"	Weight: 175
	Primary Position: CF
	Secondary Position: LF

Athletic frame, thin, high waist, square shoulders; mild projection remaining, room to fill out chest/shoulders

Evaluator	Wilson Karaman
Report Date	09/26/2016
Dates Seen	3x June 2016
Affiliate	Modesto Nuts (High A, Rockies)

MLB ETA	Risk Factor	OFP	Video
2018	High	45	No

Tool	Future Grade	Report
Hit	45	Noisy setup, early deep load, pinches front hip, tight coil; noisy hand load, abrupt hitch, rotational swing, flat path, shows contact ability, quality hand-eye; lots of moving parts, falls out of his mechanics for stretches, hefty swing-and-miss in and out of zone; fringe-average potential, needs to grow into better consistency
Power	30	Bottom-scale, lacks present strength or plane to drive pitches with carry; physical projection and speed for 30 game down the line, very limited over-the-fence, will produce extra bases with his legs
Baserunning/Speed	60	Plus runner, 4.06 home-to-first, gets out of the box quickly, efficient running motion; tentative reads, raw speed to steal bases with solid efficiency
Glove	50	Relatively even reps in three spots, only saw in left; couple rough reads, speed to make up for slow start-up, fluid fielding motion, speed plays, shows some track-and-close ability; average projection in a corner
Arm	55	Above-average velocity with excellent carry, accurate, could play up to a plus utility in left, plenty of arm strength to acquit in right

Signed out of Venezuela in 2012, Carrizales is an athletic, versatile outfielder with a solid speed-and-defense skill set. There's a lot of noise and movement to the swing, with a malleable barrel delivery that combines with hand-eye coordination to produce decent bat-to-ball skills in spite of some swing-and-miss. He demonstrates enough feel for contact to threaten a starting role down the line if the hit tool maxes out, with fourth-outfielder utility a more likely outcome.