Not sure that you’ll find a bigger fan of our next prospect’s abilities than me, and he has finally landed on the rankings lists — as he should have long ago. After making the leap from the Dominican Summer League to the Gulf Coast League in 2016, he spent last season in Hudson Valley.
No.23, 2B Vidal Brujan, 20 years old
Born: February 9th, 1998 in San Pedro de Macoris, DR
Height/Weight: 5’9” 155 lbs Bats/Throws: S/R
Twitter profile statement: “Official Twitter of Tampa Bay Rays Middle Infielder Vidal Brujan”
Baseball America Rankings
- Ranked as the 20th best Rays prospect post-2017
- Ranked as the 5th best prospect in the New York Penn League
DRB Writers ranking
Vidal Brujan: Abilities
- Switch hitter
- Well above-average contact abilities
- Good power to all fields
- Above-average speed and range
- Above-average plate discipline
Grades for ‘18 (Pipeline): Hit: 55 | Pwr: 40 | Run: 65 | Arm: 50 | Fld: 55 | Overall: 45
- Abilities notes: One area of his game he’s reportedly working on is getting a better read on opposing pitchers.