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Colorado Rockies prospect Raimel Tapia ready to test his elite bat in the majors

4. Raimel Tapia (1,028 points, 39 ballots)

Raimel Tapia’s appeal to prospect watchers has never been a mystery. Quite simply, the dude can hit and he does it in an interesting way. Despite unorthodox mechanics (especially a deep two strike crouch you can observe in the video below), Tapia is a career .317/.363/.446 hitter over six minor league seasons. The 22-year-old lefty outfielder has played in 577 minor league games to date and has 728 hits in those games. He's never posted a minor league season stateside with an average below .