Dameury Pena

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Minnesota Twins #28 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 50/Extreme
  
  Track Record: Pena’s thumbnail scouting report may sound familiar to Twins fans: he’s a second baseman who will have to work to stay there and doesn’t really have a chance to play shortstop. His power is modest at best. He doesn’t run particularly well. Pretty much everything other than his hitting ability is fringy at best, but he’s such a polished, competent hitter that it may not matter, as he’s got a chance to hit .300 regularly if he develops as hoped.
  
  Scouting Report: Pena can really hit. He just missed qualifying, but with a few more plate appearances he would have finished second in the Dominican Summer League in batting average. He has plenty of barrel control and adaptability to his swing, which allows him to make tons of contact. Pitchers quickly learn that getting a swing and miss from Pena is worthy of a celebration--his 10% swing-and-miss rate was best among all Twins minor leaguers with 20 or more plate appearances. It’s generally hard to put a plus hit tool on a 18-year-old who has yet to play in the U.S., but Pena inspires a lot of confidence. He should eventually get to below-average power but it’s a swing geared for average more than pop. Defensively, he’s going to need to take thousands of ground balls. His hands are hard, his range is limited and his arm is fringe-average.
  
  The Future: Pena is going to need to be an elite hitter to have MLB value, but as Luis Arraez has shown before him, if you can challenge for batting titles, teams can live with a lot of fringe tools otherwise. Pena is more than ready to come to make his stateside debut.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 60 | Power: 40 | Run: 45 | Field: 40 | Arm: 45