Mason McCoy

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Baltimore Orioles #29 prospect in 2020
  TRACK RECORD: A senior signing in 2017 after winning MVP honors of the summer wood bat Northwoods League the previous summer, McCoy earned Eastern League all-star honors with 118 hits by the break —the most in all of minor league ball.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: Most of McCoy's success was attributable to an opposite-field approach in which he shortened up and hit the ball through the right side against the shift with great success. That mindset, with a low swinging-strike rate, could help him maximize his swing to be a fringe-average hitter with gap power, though there's not much by way of power projection in his future. He's a heady player both at the plate and at shortstop, where he maximizes his range and arm to play average defense. Because he is an average runner, it will be his glove that will carry him closer to the major leagues.
  
  THE FUTURE: McCoy represents the Orioles' closest-to-the-majors shortstop option, even if he would be more of a bench option on a first-division club. Offseason activity may push him back to Double-A Bowie in 2020.

• February, 2020 Scouting Report
  TRACK RECORD: A senior signing in 2017 after winning MVP honors of the summer wood bat Northwoods League the previous summer, McCoy earned Eastern League all-star honors with 118 hits by the break —the most in all of minor league ball.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: Most of McCoy's success was attributable to an opposite-field approach in which he shortened up and hit the ball through the right side against the shift with great success. That mindset, with a low swinging-strike rate, could help him maximize his swing to be a fringe-average hitter with gap power, though there's not much by way of power projection in his future. He's a heady player both at the plate and at shortstop, where he maximizes his range and arm to play average defense. Because he is an average runner, it will be his glove that will carry him closer to the major leagues.
  
  THE FUTURE: McCoy represents the Orioles' closest-to-the-majors shortstop option, even if he would be more of a bench option on a first-division club. Offseason activity may push him back to Double-A Bowie in 2020.