Deluxe said:
Just saw that Leon video. Hope he can can some strides at the plate this year. Oozing with raw ability. Seems like worst case is he's a versatile utility player (like you said).
Gives me Siri vibes. And I don't mean that as a bad thing. Siri is elite on D and running. Just incomplete at the plate. But Siri is 3 years older and didn't have a gap in development/playing.
Edit: Adding some stats for show how good Leon.
In that video, Leon guns it 98 MPH home. We don't know if its 98.3 or 97.9. we also don't know if that is his hardest throw but assume it's 98 and it is. That would put him tied in 25th (with Bellinger) in OFers in 2022. Jose Siri is 26th at 97.8. Those guys average 86.9 (Belli - 97th) & 93.2 (Siri - 15th). its possible Leon had just one great throw like Bellinger did, but I think the more likely scenario Leon has a top 30ish arm.
In that video, Leon runs 30.1 f/s on the fly ball. If that is his avg sprint speed, he's in the 7th-11th range. For comparison, Siri was 30.4 last season and the leader, Corbin Carrol, was 30.7. The fastest Astros was Jeremy Pena at 29.4 which is tied for 28th.