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Heiress Titties Aquino for the win!
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Looked up an Aquino rookie auto, and promptly closed the app. 
Apparently Topps/Bowman didn’t see this one coming either.
Apparently Topps/Bowman didn’t see this one coming either.
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Making that 44 look good! I was worried about it at first, Eric the Red is my all-time favorite player, but worries are pretty much gone now.
Just needs to befriend anyone but Votto so he don't become a damn headcase!
Just needs to befriend anyone but Votto so he don't become a damn headcase!
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missed a huge opportunity yesterday. so glad bell took Castillo out after the infield single
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There is an old saying among traders that being wrong and stubborn can get very expensive.
I am reminded of that every time I see Bell insist on taking starters out early in order to hand the ball to a bad bullpen.
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Castillo was at 100 pitches, he'd given up 5 hits in the prior two innings, and 4 of them were hit hard. I thought Castillo was out of gas.
If Lorenzen gets the K Bell's a genius.
I'm fully on board the Bell is a moron train, but I don't think yesterday's decision qualifies. Now, the NL's best bullpen being wrecked because he wouldn't let a starter go over 80 pitches the first two months of the season ...
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https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...ey-votto-trevor-story-alonso-sanchez-guerrero
Welcome to the Aristides Aquino show
A rookie sensation built for the Juiced Ball Era
By Matt Provenzano
Aug 12, 2019, 12:00pm EDT
We all remember the route that someone like Joey Gallo took to become the player who he is now (sans the injury). While consistently a top prospect the three years prior to become a big leaguer, it wasn’t like it was a secret what his biggest weakness was: his hit tool.
Not by coincidence, he had a .209 and .206 batting average in his first two full seasons with the Rangers. A more simplified approach at the plate brought his average up 50 points, and thus his overall value, but it was by no means (and isn’t even one in the future) a sure thing.
Which makes the emergence of Aristides Aquino, new rookie on the scene for the Cincinnati Reds, exponentially more fascinating. Aquino, unlike Gallo, was not rated as a top prospect, nor was he a first-rounder, instead signed as an international free agent to a—I’m assuming, because it’s undisclosed—small amount. Across nearly eight years in the minors, he hit just .250/.309/.458, and was described by Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen just this past December as a 30 bat.
Now, this is of course a question, firstly, of the overall accuracy of scouting in general. While I generally believe there was visual evidence that Aquino had little command of the strike zone, he was not striking out more than 30% of the time at any level, while at the same time hitting home runs at a pace of roughly 26 home runs per 162 games, which was pre-minor league Juiced Ball and before a major adjustment that I’ll get to.
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Welcome to the Aristides Aquino show
A rookie sensation built for the Juiced Ball Era
By Matt Provenzano
Aug 12, 2019, 12:00pm EDT
We all remember the route that someone like Joey Gallo took to become the player who he is now (sans the injury). While consistently a top prospect the three years prior to become a big leaguer, it wasn’t like it was a secret what his biggest weakness was: his hit tool.
Not by coincidence, he had a .209 and .206 batting average in his first two full seasons with the Rangers. A more simplified approach at the plate brought his average up 50 points, and thus his overall value, but it was by no means (and isn’t even one in the future) a sure thing.
Which makes the emergence of Aristides Aquino, new rookie on the scene for the Cincinnati Reds, exponentially more fascinating. Aquino, unlike Gallo, was not rated as a top prospect, nor was he a first-rounder, instead signed as an international free agent to a—I’m assuming, because it’s undisclosed—small amount. Across nearly eight years in the minors, he hit just .250/.309/.458, and was described by Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen just this past December as a 30 bat.
Now, this is of course a question, firstly, of the overall accuracy of scouting in general. While I generally believe there was visual evidence that Aquino had little command of the strike zone, he was not striking out more than 30% of the time at any level, while at the same time hitting home runs at a pace of roughly 26 home runs per 162 games, which was pre-minor league Juiced Ball and before a major adjustment that I’ll get to.
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