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Not only does the talented switch-hitter have pop from both sides of the plate, but he also has the kind of plate discipline that allowed him to walk at a 12.3% clip last year. He wasted no time in adjusting to a late-season promotion to Double-A, hitting three homers in five playoff games for Midland.
He has solid hands and decent range defensively, but he might not stick at shortstop. That’s probably a good thing with rising star Jacob Wilson already locked up long-term. Still, A’s staffers are already giddy about the prospect of inserting De Vries into a lineup with 2025 AL Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz, Brent Rooker, Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom and Wilson for the next decade.


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