2024-02-14 15:56:56
In 2023, Andres Chaparro was promoted to Triple-A. Even though his performance declined somewhat due to the promotion to Triple-A, he still scored 25 home runs and 89 RBIs, winning the Yankees’ RBI leader and second place in home runs, only missing Estevan Florial by three hits. He is already at the major league level, but the main reason why he is not in the major leagues is not his hitting but his fielding.
Rookies are the foundation of every team. They are suitable for trading and personal use. They are the key to raising the ceiling of the team. We will introduce you to the unknown minor league rookies. Hello everyone, my name is Chris. Let’s talk today regarding former Yankees farm No. 33 prospect Andres Chaparro, who is currently playing in the Diamondbacks minor leagues.
Andres Chaparro was born in Venezuela in 1999. He has been playing baseball since he was 7 years old. He pitches right-handed and plays first and third base. In 2015, Chaparro signed with the Yankees as an international free agent.
He started his career in 2016. From 2016 to 2019 before the epidemic, he stayed in the rookie league and trained in the low-level 1A. After all, his performance in these four years was unsatisfactory, and his batting average did not exceed .250. However, he has no slugging percentage and has averaged less than 40% in the past four years. The only thing worthy of praise is that his home plate discipline is pretty good, but not particularly good.
But everything changed in 2020, a turbulent era due to the epidemic. This year, minor league games were suspended. Chaparro took this opportunity to gain muscle and gain weight. At the beginning of the 2021 season, he transformed into a 240-pound (regarding 108 kilograms) Strong man.
Since the beginning of this year, his performance has begun to improve by leaps and bounds. In 1A and high-level 1A, he posted 2/3/4 OPS.849, plus 21 doubles, 15 home runs, 73 RBIs, and was originally good. The discipline at the plate has also improved. In 433 at-bats, he only struck out 93 times and walked 60 times, which is quite outstanding.
He also started to attract attention in the Arizona Fall League following the season when he hit the ball over the wall with an initial speed of 117 mph and hit a home run. Former Yankees hitting coach and former minor league hitting assistant Dillon Lawson once commented on Chaparro: His hit in the fall league attracted a lot of attention. His transformation following gaining muscle in 2020 made him more and more forward-looking in the corner infield.
In the 2022 season, he missed part of the game due to a wrist injury, but still performed well in Rookie League 1A and 2A. This year, he posted 3/3/6 OPS.962 and hit 20 home runs and 55 points. He had a good RBI record, and his pitching skills were still poor, with only 58 strikeouts and 25 walks.
Since the beginning of this year, there have been many calls to add him to the 40-man roster and bring him to the major leagues. In 2023, he was promoted to 3A. Even though his performance declined somewhat due to the promotion to 3A, he still scored 25 homers and 89 RBIs. The Yankees’ RBI leader and home run leader are only three behind Estevan Florial. In terms of hitting, he is already at the major league level, but the main reason why he is not in the major leagues is not his hitting but his fielding.
Although he can guard third base in the minor leagues, basically he will never be able to guard third base in the major leagues, because first of all, he has injured his arm and wrist, and his arm strength is not good in the first place, and long passes are not good for him. It’s a bit difficult to say. Secondly, the error rate at third base is a bit high. The minor league third base fielding rate over the years is only .918, which is really miserable.
In summary, Chaparro is a heavy-hitting first baseman with good hitting skills and power, but it is unclear how much he can convert into the major league hitting department. I wish him good development in the Diamondbacks, 24 years old is still young.
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