Josue De Paula - 2025 Game Used & Signed Bat (BROKEN)

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This bat was used by Josue De Paula during the 2025 season, during his time with the Great Lakes Loons. It was used for his first hit of the 2025 season, and subsequently broken during his next at bat on April 4th, 2025.

Josue's future is bright he is currently the #15 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline, #17 prospect in all of baseball, according to FanGraphs, #21 prospect in all of baseball, according to ESPN and unanimously the #1 prospect in the Dodgers Organization.

Here's what MLB Pipeline has to say about De Paula: 

Born in Brooklyn, De Paula moved to the Dominican Republic while in high school and signed for $397,500 in 2022. The second cousin of former NBA guards Stephon Marbury and Sebastain Telfair, he looks like a steal because he's the most advanced young hitter Los Angeles has had since Corey Seager. De Paula was named Futures Game MVP last July after homering off White Sox left-hander Noah Schultz and he spent most of his age-20 season in High-A, where he ranked second in the pitcher-friendly Midwest League in on-base percentage (.406), OPS (.827) and walks (82).

De Paula draws comparisons to a slightly smaller but more athletic version of Yordan Alvarez, thanks to his precocious combination of swing decisions and exit velocities. He offered at just 14 percent of pitches outside the strike zone last season -- by comparison, Juan Soto led the Majors with a 16 percent rate -- and is supremely comfortable working deep counts in order to find pitches he can punish. His sweet left-handed stroke produces hard contact to all fields that should translate into 30 homers per season and perhaps more if he learns to drive balls in the air more consistently.

Though De Paula has below-average speed, he has responded to the Dodgers challenging him to be aggressive on the bases by swiping 59 bags in 70 attempts (84 percent) the last two seasons. They hope he can do the same in the outfield, where his instincts are still raw on the corners. He needs to improve his reads and routes, and he recorded just two assists in 76 games last year despite average arm strength.

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