Baseball America’s 2022 scouting report on Bobby Witt Jr. comes in at 262 words; it lauds his work ethic, speaks to his fantastic 2021 Minor League Baseball campaign, and explains his unique offensive skill set. But it spends less than 20 words on his defense, simply saying this:
Witt is the complete package on defense at shortstop with steady hands and a strong, accurate arm.
Similarly, Baseball America’s 2021 scouting report for Witt gave him a 60 fielding grade and a 60 throwing grade and said only this:
There is no doubt about him defensively.