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Real Prospects Don’t Stop: South Bend scouting notebook

Real Prospects Don’t Stop is a weekly column focusing on Chicago Prospects. It is named for a Young Thug verse from the song Digits.

Every so often it’s useful to spill open the scouting notebook and give fans a peek at the young players in their team’s system. I sat through two South Bend Cubs games over the weekend in anticipation of seeing Eloy Jimenez, but that did not happen. In lieu of that, here is a raw look at some interesting players in South Bend.

Donnie Dewees, CF, 22 years old

Specs: Small athletic frame, below average bat speed, average raw to the pull side, below average up the middle, power will not be a factor in game, mild feel for the barrel, pull-oriented approach, 11.