Eddinson Paulino

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Boston Red Sox #19 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 45/High
  
  Track Record: The Red Sox signed Paulino for $200,000 in 2018 based on his middle-infield defense with solid bat-to-ball skills and projectable strength. In pro ball, he’s been a level-to-level mover, spending each season at one stop. Paulino had strong years in the Florida Complex League in 2021 and Low-A Salem in 2022, but he took a step back with High-A Greenville in 2023, when his strikeout rate ticked up from 19% to 23%.
  
  Scouting Report: Paulino relies on quick hands to do the work in a direct-to-the-ball, lefthanded swing that features little involvement of his lower half. At his best, he lines the ball regularly from left-center field to the line in right. In 2023, Paulino’s groundball rate jumped from 39% to 46%, offsetting improvements in his hard-hit rate. Still, despite a lack of physicality, he makes above-average swing decisions and produces enough hard contact to suggest an average hit tool with a lot of doubles. There’s a chance for additional power with strength gains and greater use of his legs in his swing. That offensive profile would be valuable given Paulino’s versatility. He has solid range and an accurate arm at second and third base. He plays below-average defense at shortstop and spent the 2023-24 offseason working to develop his outfield skills. He’s an average runner.
  
  The Future: Paulino could develop into a versatile reserve. An offensive bounceback in the upper levels in 2024 could put him back on a path to either a starting job or at least a regular role against righties.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 50 | Power: 40 | Run: 50 | Field: 50 | Arm: 50
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  Ranked Boston Red Sox #11 prospect in 2023
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/Medium
  
  Track Record: Paulino's hand-eye coordination stood out when the Red Sox signed him for just over $200,000 in 2018. In pro ball, that trait has been evident in tandem with a discerning eye and impressive bat life that permits him to generate steady, hard contact to the gaps. Paulino has had strong performances in each of his three minor league stops. He put up a .985 OPS in the Dominican Summer League in 2021. He had 58 extra-base hits for Low-A Salem in 2022 and ranked top 10 with a .203 isolated slugging percentage among players in their age-19 seasons or younger. Signed as a shortstop, Paulino has moved all over the field in pro ball, playing short, second base, third base and center field in 2022.
  
  Scouting Report: Though physically unimposing, Paulino is live-bodied, controls the strike zone well (12% walk rate), makes reliable contact (19.5% strikeout rate) and has a good sense for those pitches that he can hit hard, with lots of well-struck line drives interspersed with occasional pull-side pop. He's a good athlete who plays solid defense at second and third base with the ability to fill-in as a starter at shortstop with fringy defense. Paulino started getting time in center field in 2022. While he's at a very early stage of his development there, he has the athleticism to have a true super-utility profile. Paulino shows solid speed on the bases, contributing to a well-rounded profile.
  
  The Future: Paulino has a future as a solid bottom-of-the-order super-utility player. He should open 2023 in High-A Greenville, with a likely big league ETA in 2025. Boston's depth of middle infield options could make him a trade candidate, but his versatility makes that something other than a foregone conclusion.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 40. Speed: 50. Fielding: 50. Arm: 50
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  Ranked Boston Red Sox #28 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: Signed for just over $200,000 on the day he turned 16, Paulino has what one evaluator described as special hand-eye coordination that, in tandem with good swing decisions, has allowed him to excel in the DSL in 2019 and the Florida Complex League in 2021.
  
  Scouting Report: Though Paulino looks like someone who might be knocked over by a fastball, he consistently finds the barrel against heaters in the strike zone, resulting in hard contact. He possesses a line drive stroke best geared for singles and doubles, projecting for below-average power despite his ability to square up pitches. His 11.3% walk rate and 15.8% strikeout rate highlight both his bat-to-ball skills and his plate discipline. He shows the agility to move around the infield with the potential to be average at multiple positions and his solid speed should result in some exposure in center field as he progresses.
  
  The Future: After his standout performance in the FCL, Paulino should get his first taste of full-season ball in 2022. He joins the growing list of versatile, athletic, multi-positional Red Sox infielders.
  

• February, 2023 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/Medium
  
  Track Record: Paulino's hand-eye coordination stood out when the Red Sox signed him for just over $200,000 in 2018. In pro ball, that trait has been evident in tandem with a discerning eye and impressive bat life that permits him to generate steady, hard contact to the gaps. Paulino has had strong performances in each of his three minor league stops. He put up a .985 OPS in the Dominican Summer League in 2021. He had 58 extra-base hits for Low-A Salem in 2022 and ranked top 10 with a .203 isolated slugging percentage among players in their age-19 seasons or younger. Signed as a shortstop, Paulino has moved all over the field in pro ball, playing short, second base, third base and center field in 2022.
  
  Scouting Report: Though physically unimposing, Paulino is live-bodied, controls the strike zone well (12% walk rate), makes reliable contact (19.5% strikeout rate) and has a good sense for those pitches that he can hit hard, with lots of well-struck line drives interspersed with occasional pull-side pop. He's a good athlete who plays solid defense at second and third base with the ability to fill-in as a starter at shortstop with fringy defense. Paulino started getting time in center field in 2022. While he's at a very early stage of his development there, he has the athleticism to have a true super-utility profile. Paulino shows solid speed on the bases, contributing to a well-rounded profile.
  
  The Future: Paulino has a future as a solid bottom-of-the-order super-utility player. He should open 2023 in High-A Greenville, with a likely big league ETA in 2025. Boston's depth of middle infield options could make him a trade candidate, but his versatility makes that something other than a foregone conclusion.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 40. Speed: 50. Fielding: 50. Arm: 50
• December, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/Medium
  
  Track Record: Paulino's hand-eye coordination stood out when the Red Sox signed him for just over $200,000 in 2018. In pro ball, that trait has been evident in tandem with a discerning eye and impressive bat life that permits him to generate steady, hard contact to the gaps. Paulino has had strong performances in each of his three minor league stops. He put up a .985 OPS in the Dominican Summer League in 2021. He had 58 extra-base hits for Low-A Salem in 2022 and ranked top 10 with a .203 isolated slugging percentage among players in their age-19 seasons or younger. Signed as a shortstop, Paulino has moved all over the field in pro ball, playing short, second base, third base and center field in 2022.
  
  Scouting Report: Though physically unimposing, Paulino is live-bodied, controls the strike zone well (12% walk rate), makes reliable contact (19.5% strikeout rate) and has a good sense for those pitches that he can hit hard, with lots of well-struck line drives interspersed with occasional pull-side pop. He's a good athlete who plays solid defense at second and third base with the ability to fill-in as a starter at shortstop with fringy defense. Paulino started getting time in center field in 2022. While he's at a very early stage of his development there, he has the athleticism to have a true super-utility profile. Paulino shows solid speed on the bases, contributing to a well-rounded profile.
  
  The Future: Paulino has a future as a solid bottom-of-the-order super-utility player. He should open 2023 in High-A Greenville, with a likely big league ETA in 2025. Boston's depth of middle infield options could make him a trade candidate, but his versatility makes that something other than a foregone conclusion.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 40. Speed: 50. Fielding: 50. Arm: 50
• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 50/Extreme
  
  Midseason Update: The 2018 international signee has put a difficult April behind him and has shown strong on-base skills and game power over the last two-plus months. He&#39s split time between the infield and outfield providing the positional versatility that the Red Sox have started to covet under Chaim Bloom.
  
  Track Record: Signed for just over $200,000 on the day he turned 16, Paulino has what one evaluator described as “special hand-eye coordination” that, in tandem with good swing decisions, has allowed him to excel in the DSL in 2019 and the Florida Complex League in 2021.
  
  Scouting Report: Though Paulino looks like someone who might be knocked over by a fastball, he consistently finds the barrel against heaters in the strike zone, resulting in hard contact. He possesses a line drive stroke best geared for singles and doubles, projecting for below-average power despite his ability to square up pitches. His 11.3% walk rate and 15.8% strikeout rate highlight both his bat-to-ball skills and his plate discipline. He shows the agility to move around the infield with the potential to be average at multiple positions and his solid speed should result in some exposure in center field as he progresses.
  
  The Future: After his standout performance in the FCL, Paulino should get his first taste of full-season ball in 2022. He joins the growing list of versatile, athletic, multi-positional Red Sox infielders.
• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: Signed for just over $200,000 on the day he turned 16, Paulino has what one evaluator described as special hand-eye coordination that, in tandem with good swing decisions, has allowed him to excel in the DSL in 2019 and the Florida Complex League in 2021.
  
  Scouting Report: Though Paulino looks like someone who might be knocked over by a fastball, he consistently finds the barrel against heaters in the strike zone, resulting in hard contact. He possesses a line drive stroke best geared for singles and doubles, projecting for below-average power despite his ability to square up pitches. His 11.3% walk rate and 15.8% strikeout rate highlight both his bat-to-ball skills and his plate discipline. He shows the agility to move around the infield with the potential to be average at multiple positions and his solid speed should result in some exposure in center field as he progresses.
  
  The Future: After his standout performance in the FCL, Paulino should get his first taste of full-season ball in 2022. He joins the growing list of versatile, athletic, multi-positional Red Sox infielders.