Chicago Cubs Scouting Report on OF Eloy Jimenez

Scouting Report

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Size/Build

Jimenez has a true right field profile, and he’s continued to fill out into that profile, listed at 6’4″ and 205 pounds. You would not get me to blink if you told me the real numbers were as high as 6’6″ and 235, though.

Jimenez is a large human being for certain, but to his credit, he’s put on good weight, adding in bulk and natural muscle rather than “bad” weight.

Hitting

Contact (60) – Jimenez has a very smooth swing through the zone. While he has a bit of load behind his swing, once he begins his approach to the zone, his swing path is pure and without a hitch.

His bat speed is not elite through the zone, but he has very good ability to place the bat head to the ball, getting quality contact with above average bat speed.

Power (60) – While Jimenez does a great job of putting the bat head to the ball, he does have an aggressive approach at the plate, and often, he pursues the first hittable pitch, and puts the head of the bat on the ball.

With his explosive strength, that lead to a large collection of doubles in 2016, but not the amount of home runs that you’d expect if you saw his batting practice displays.

More selectivity at the plate could allow for Jimenez to really access his power even further and bump this grade up possibly.

Eye (45) – Jimenez uses his solid hand-eye to keep from tallying high strikeout rates, but his pitch recognition and zone recognition are not exactly well refined at this point.

Currently, his pitch recognition is far ahead of his zone recognition, leading him not to lay off a ton of pitches and draw walks, going with an aggressive contact approach.