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I had the luxury of tracking down some YouTube video of him on draft day before they took it down, and his swing mechanics were not good.  They seemed to be geared twoards making good with the aluminum, but I suspect that he'll have a bit of trouble transitioning to wood because he won't be able to get away with as much.
 
The defense though, that's another story.  He's probably one of the best backstops I've seen, and that he's just a kid on top of that is astonishing.  It's not just that he blocks pitches and is good at framing everything, it's that he has this smooth way of responding to every little change in movement.  It's very fluid how he'll move back and forth to get the pitch, and the transitions are so easy, not even quick-twitch jump into the path of the ball, that it's like he knows exactly where it's going before it even leaves the pitcher's hand.  I skipped over the parts where he was hitting, but the defense, man, I must have watched that five or six times before it was taken down, and still wanted to see it again weeks later! 
 
I hope that he'll be able to put as much effort into getting his swing straightened out as he has into his defense.