Tommy Jew Stats & Scouting Report

AB	582
AVG	.194
OBP	.293
SLG	.308
HR	12

Full name Thomas David Jew
Born 10/26/1997 in Walnut Creek, CA
Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School UC Santa Barbara
Drafted in the 13th round (395th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2019 (signed for $125,000).

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Jew won MVP of the summer New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2017 and played in the Cape Cod League last summer. He returned to UC Santa Barbara this spring with added power and led the Gauchos to a Big West Conference title. Jew’s 11 home runs at the end of the regular season topped the nine homers he hit as a freshman and sophomore combined. Jew has plus speed in center field and projects to stick at the position. He has an average arm, good instincts and is fast in every direction. He uses his plus speed effectively on the basepaths and successfully stole 20 bases in 23 tries during the regular season. Previously more of a slap hitter, Jew began swinging to do damage this season and showed average power. His swings and misses increased with his power spike, but he has enough feel to hit to project as a .240 hitter, which is enough with his power, speed and ability to play center field.

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Jew won MVP of the summer New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2017 and played in the Cape Cod League last summer. He returned to UC Santa Barbara this spring with added power and led the Gauchos to a Big West Conference title. Jew's 11 home runs at the end of the regular season topped the nine homers he hit as a freshman and sophomore combined. Jew has plus speed in center field and projects to stick at the position. He has an average arm, good instincts and is fast in every direction. He uses his plus speed effectively on the basepaths and successfully stole 20 bases in 23 tries during the regular season. Previously more of a slap hitter, Jew began swinging to do damage this season and showed average power. His swings and misses increased with his power spike, but he has enough feel to hit to project as a .240 hitter, which is enough with his power, speed and ability to play center field.
Jew put himself on draft radars with a monster summer in 2017, when he won MVP of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. He followed that up with a solid redshirt sophomore campaign at UCSB, hitting .312/.386/.454 as the Gauchos' starting center fielder. Jew mainly attracts evaluators as an above-average runner who can stick in center field. He has a solid-average arm, good instincts and projects as a steady but unspectacular defender. Offensively, Jew has an unorthodox setup where he sticks his bat out and twirls it over the plate, and the result is an extended slap swing that stays in the zone awhile. He has some lean muscle to project a little bit of power on, but power is not his game. Jew has to stay in center field to project as a big leaguer. If he can, he has a shot to rise as an extra outfielder.

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Jew won MVP of the summer New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2017 and played in the Cape Cod League last summer. He returned to UC Santa Barbara this spring with added power and led the Gauchos to a Big West Conference title. Jew's 11 home runs at the end of the regular season topped the nine homers he hit as a freshman and sophomore combined. Jew has plus speed in center field and projects to stick at the position. He has an average arm, good instincts and is fast in every direction. He uses his plus speed effectively on the basepaths and successfully stole 20 bases in 23 tries during the regular season. Previously more of a slap hitter, Jew began swinging to do damage this season and showed average power. His swings and misses increased with his power spike, but he has enough feel to hit to project as a .240 hitter, which is enough with his power, speed and ability to play center field.