Cleveland Indians: Top 30 Prospects Countdown, 26-30

No. 30: Junior Sanquintin

If you are looking at this confused because you’ve never heard of Junior Sanquintin, you’re not alone. He just turned 19-years old this past January and has only played 51 games since joining the Cleveland Indians organization, coming during the 2019 season in the Dominican Summer League.

In those 51 games, Sanquintin played three different spots in the infield, but was mainly at shortstop with 30 games logged there. He also had 11 games at second base and one game at third. Obviously that doesn’t equal 51, so it can be assumed he was used as a pinch-runner or pinch-hitter to account for the other games played. Anyway, his fielding looks like it could use some work yet.

Combined between the three positions Sanquintin had 134 chances in the field and committed 11 errors. Eight of those came at shortstop and three at third while he was perfect at second. Being only 19, there’s plenty of time to clean that up, but there’s improvement to be made for sure.

What Sanquintin has that makes him an intriguing prospect is a combination of speed and power. Over his 51 games he had three home runs as well as four stolen bases. If his fielding and contact can improve, then he could have a bright future. For now, he will be a young prospect to watch on this list with intriguing intangibles and fixable flaws.