With the 69th pick of the 2019 MLB Draft, the Boston Red Sox select shortstop Matthew Lugo.
Lugo, the nephew of Carlos Beltran, is a high school hitter from the Carlos Beltran Academy in Puerto Rico. He joins fellow second-round pick Cameron Cannon as another infield prospect for the Red Sox.
MLB.com had Lugo, 18, ranked as the 38th overall prospect in the draft. Here's what they had to say about the Red Sox' latest pick.
Lugo's bat is what has stood out the most, especially over the summer and at the World Wood Bat Association World Championship in October. He has an advanced approach at the plate, especially given his age, with a line-drive, up-the-middle philosophy. While he's not nearly as big as (Carlos) Correa, Lugo looks the part already and has more pop from the right side of the plate than you might expect, with some feeling he could have better than average power in the future. While he's not a burner, he runs well underway and is a solid athlete.
Around this juncture last year, the 64th pick to be exact, the Red Sox selected outfielder Nick Decker. Decker only saw brief action in the Gulf Coast League in 2018 before suffering a wrist injury that prematurely ended his season.
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