Aron Estrada 2024

[RZNJ]

46 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Stay hot kid!

2 for 3 3B 2R tonight 

13th in the league in OPS.  9th in average.    He keeps on gaining.   .844 OPS in May.  Over 1.000 so far in June.   I don’t mind him putting up numbers in the Carolina league but he might soon be deserving of a Basallo type of promotion last year.   Needs a position (2B/SS/CF) but offensively I’d like to see him fast tracked.

[Tony-OH]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:11 PM, RZNJ said:

He may not be big but he’s strong enough.  He hits homers from the left side.  He hits homers from the right side.  He can even go oppo from either side.  If you hit we will find you a position.

 

Nice to see the oppo power there. That is one of things I always look for when I'm trying to judge game power. A lot of guys have pull power, but at the upper levels pitchers will know that and keep pitching them away. No that was hard to see whether that ball was middle-middle or slightly away due to the camera angle, but either way, that was a very nice job of going oppo over the fence.

[RZNJ]

 

 

[Frobby]

2 for 3 with a homer and a walk tonight.  His OPS has reached .800 and BA is up to .290.

[Frobby]

Estrada briefly cracked the .300 barrier tonight before grounding out in his final at bat to finish the night at .299.   

@Tony-OHboosted Estrada all the way from 24 to 9 in the power rankings today.  Can’t blame him.  
 

[interloper]

On 6/22/2024 at 9:11 PM, RZNJ said:

He may not be big but he’s strong enough.  He hits homers from the left side.  He hits homers from the right side.  He can even go oppo from either side.  If you hit we will find you a position.

 

This is an absolutely unhinged camera angle lol. Just wanted to say that, carry on. 

[sportsfan8703]

16 hours ago, Frobby said:

Estrada briefly cracked the .300 barrier tonight before grounding out in his final at bat to finish the night at .299.   

@Tony-OHboosted Estrada all the way from 24 to 9 in the power rankings today.  Can’t blame him.  
 

Watching that video of him you can see why.  He's a really put together dude that's hitting oppo bombs like that.

[Just Regular]

I think the 142 lb listing is the lowest I've ever seen.

[Tony-OH]

On 7/10/2024 at 2:22 PM, Just Regular said:

I think the 142 lb listing is the lowest I've ever seen.

He's much heavier than that now and he looks like he's grown a couple of inches. 

[sportsfan8703]

So what’s there to know about this dude?  Signing bonus?  He’s pretty high in Tony’s power rankings. He just got promoted to Aberdeen. Defense?  Arm?  Speed?  

[glenn__davis]

29 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

So what’s there to know about this dude?  Signing bonus?  He’s pretty high in Tony’s power rankings. He just got promoted to Aberdeen. Defense?  Arm?  Speed?  

Signing bonus was $175k (I googled that RZ, aren't you proud of me?)

He absolutely raked as a 17 year old in the DSL, then got injured early in the FCL last year and never really got going.  Slow start at Delmarva this year but has really come on strong since May or so.

He does have 31 SB this year to 8 CS, but I don't put a ton of stock into SB numbers at those lower levels where seemingly everyone runs all the time.  He's kind of played all over the place defensively but from what I've read it seems like 2B is probably his most likely position.  But we'll see how that goes as he progresses.

[Tony-OH]

30 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

So what’s there to know about this dude?  Signing bonus?  He’s pretty high in Tony’s power rankings. He just got promoted to Aberdeen. Defense?  Arm?  Speed?  

Controls the strike zone well enough, started to add a little pop into his game, moves well on the go but not a burner on the bases so won't steal bases at the major league level, probably going to end up at 2B or the outfield due to his arm and quickness not being great for SS.

Appears a bit taller than his listed height and definitely more weight as listed in BBref. He's only 19-years old and has out performed his high dollar counterparts in his class.

It's be nice to see how he does in his taste of Aberdeen. Similar to Bencosme but with more pop and less hit tool at the same age.

[sportsfan8703]

It seems like he's played his way into being the type of bat that we draft in rds 2-5.  Those have been valuable trade chips.  

[Frobby]

I’d say my biggest reservation about Estrada at this point is his defensive profile.  He seems a bit like a LHB Norby.

[sportsfan8703]

2-4 last night with a homer.  2nd game in Aberdeen.