![]() ![]() Throughout workouts with pro teams, Romero has found himself all over the infield and also doing some catching, which he'd never done until a month ago at a Perfect Game showcase. At Menendez, Romero played shortstop, third base and did some pitching. The perplexing part about Romero isn't his bat, it's where will he play as a professional. After playing in tournaments, the last thing I want to do is get on the computer." "I think mostly because I haven't had time. "I've never had a Facebook or Twitter, Myspace anything like that," he said. ![]() The other aspect that always seems to amaze scouts - Romero isn't a social media kind of guy. If the family was going to a tournament that required any sort of travel, Avery was content to sleep during the trip. Fishing ranks a close second to his love for baseball, and he just got his driver's license weeks ago, partly because Luis and brother Jordan handled most of the driving. When scouts approach Romero with the standard pre-draft questions, they're often shocked to find out that he's not a typical teenager. When teams walked Romero, "he'd cry on the way to first base," Luis said of Avery as a 7-year-old playing in Louisiana. His father, Luis, said that ever since Avery started playing baseball on a serious level, he's been highly motivated to excel. ![]() Romero, 19, is a unique player, on and off the field. "I think being on the field in a major-league game would be special." "Ever since I was young, I dreamed about hitting a home run in the World Series," Romero said. While college would be a nice fallback option, Romero's eyes are clearly on professional baseball. The highly touted University of Florida signee - has Romero rated 52nd Baseball America pegs Romero as the 79th overall prospect - played the left side of the infield in high school but could move to second base, or even catcher. ![]()
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