Billy Wilson, OF, Loyola Marymount

Lean but athletic; decent musculature with some natural strength, but certainly room left to build. Game centers on speed/defense so won’t need much strength to translate to power in-game. Ideal lead-off man; works counts, tracks pitches well, good contact skills, and a couple good two-strike battles in my looks that showed strong plate coverage and contact skills. Not a power guy from the left side, but barrel skills to do more than just be a slap hitter; well-rounded hitter who works well as a table-setter … Speed has the potential to be a game changer; 4.08 up the line from the LHH box in my look, recorded a stolen base off a 2.01 pop, plus a few very nice, long runs in the outfield to track down balls hit to gaps. Great jumps and first step reads in center field on balls off the bat. Always very well-positioned, too, though there may be a coaching/scouting credit there. Regardless, Billy Wilson has the potential to be an above-average defender in pro ball at ceiling and he may just have enough by way of barrel skills to hold his own with the bat, too.

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