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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #75 on: May 01, 2024, 10:49:23 am »
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April recap
Games played at position
1B: 15
3B: 3
DH: 1

PA|AVG|OBP|SLG|HR|SB|K%|BB%|ISO|OPS|wRC+
79|.206|.304|.279|1|1|31.6%|10.1%|.074|.583|74

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #76 on: May 04, 2024, 12:52:22 pm »
8 game hit streak

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #77 on: May 04, 2024, 01:11:21 pm »
8 game hit streak

He's from Miami and played at U Miami.  Might have been getting used to the weather in April.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #78 on: May 04, 2024, 01:17:37 pm »
8 game hit streak
bunch of singles and 1 double

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #79 on: May 07, 2024, 10:18:43 pm »
4-5, triple today.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #80 on: May 08, 2024, 09:01:18 am »
the average is improving but the power still has not shown up.  The knock was on his hit tool and the power was supposed to be plus. I wonder if he's just trying to improve the hitting figuring the power will come with more consistent contact.

While last year, he was predominantly an opposite field hitter, and that's where his power has shown, this year, he's pulling much more. In 167 PAs at A and A+ in 2023, he had roughly a 10 BB% with a 20 K%, a .400+ obp, and a distribution of contact that was 35% pull and 40-48% oppo. As many liners as flies roughly. This year, I think his start was a little slow, but he's still a line drive machine, but now is pulling at 43% and oppo at 35%. I don't see launch angle or hard hit %, but I think you can infer his launch angle is low. BB% is constant, but the K% is up a bit. Speculating, it looks like he's adjusting a bit to look to pull, so maybe there was some swing and miss early? Being used predominantly at 1st with House on the AA roster.
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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #81 on: May 08, 2024, 02:37:01 pm »
Between Yo Yo and Menezes, we have cornered the market on large bodied slap hitters.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #82 on: May 08, 2024, 02:46:13 pm »
Yo Yo has to hit before he can hit for power. Otherwise, he might be Joey Gallo.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #83 on: May 08, 2024, 04:00:05 pm »
Yo Yo has to hit before he can hit for power. Otherwise, he might be Joey Gallo.
nothing in his play in the minors resembles Gallo. He's not piling up the Ks, he's not hitting HRs, he has been making decent contact and hitting for some average this year and last, and his walks are not driving his OBP.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #84 on: May 08, 2024, 04:48:05 pm »
nothing in his play in the minors resembles Gallo. He's not piling up the Ks, he's not hitting HRs, he has been making decent contact and hitting for some average this year and last, and his walks are not driving his OBP.
probably worth remembering that he's had about 260 ABs in the minors. He's nowhere close to a finished product.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #85 on: May 21, 2024, 09:51:39 am »
on the 7-day IL

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #86 on: May 21, 2024, 11:08:13 am »
nothing in his play in the minors resembles Gallo. He's not piling up the Ks, he's not hitting HRs, he has been making decent contact and hitting for some average this year and last, and his walks are not driving his OBP.

Yes. If Yo-Yo is hitting, to any field, then that's good. Next he can hit for more power.

But first he has to get back from the IL.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #87 on: May 21, 2024, 01:29:45 pm »
Morales hurt his left thumb sliding into home, no word as to the severity. He looked to be in a lot of pain.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #88 on: June 01, 2024, 11:51:21 pm »
Age: 22
Team rank: 4
Current level: AA (on 7-day IL)

May recap

PA|AVG|OBP|SLG|HR|SB|K%|BB%|ISO|OPS|wRC+
67|.274|.328|.419|1|1|16.4%|7.5%|.145|.748|112

Year-to-date
Games played at position
1B: 26
3B: 6
DH: 5

PA|AVG|OBP|SLG|HR|SB|K%|BB%|ISO|OPS|wRC+
146|.238|.315|.346|2|2|24.7%|8.9%|.108|.661|91

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #89 on: June 03, 2024, 10:21:54 am »
So he hit some in May. Under 20% K, although not many BB.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #90 on: June 07, 2024, 12:21:06 am »
Been on the 7-day IL since hurting his thumb on May 20. No updates.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #91 on: July 01, 2024, 03:58:04 pm »
Still on 7-day IL

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #92 on: July 04, 2024, 11:25:49 am »

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #93 on: July 30, 2024, 03:46:16 pm »
Starting a rehab assignment at Fredricksburg!

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #94 on: July 30, 2024, 09:27:44 pm »
2-3, HR in his first game back.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #95 on: July 30, 2024, 10:28:24 pm »
2-3, HR in his first game back.

Happy to see him back. Worth noting that this thread could be renamed Morales, 1B with the influx of 3B we just brought in and the fact that he is playing almost strictly 1B now.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 3B
« Reply #96 on: July 30, 2024, 10:37:15 pm »
Happy to see him back. Worth noting that this thread could be renamed Morales, 1B with the influx of 3B we just brought in and the fact that he is playing almost strictly 1B now.
They probably keep him there, at least untim Wallace is back.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 1B
« Reply #97 on: July 30, 2024, 10:45:25 pm »
I updated the thread title as milb officially now classifies him as a 1B

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 1B
« Reply #98 on: July 31, 2024, 08:57:53 am »
Finished with 2-4, R, HR, RBI, SB

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Yohandy Morales, 1B
« Reply #99 on: July 31, 2024, 10:13:43 am »
I updated the thread title as milb officially now classifies him as a 1B

When was the last time we had a 1B in our farm ranked as highly as Morales? Zimmerman??