Estevan Florial is hitting again like a top prospect.
The 23-year-old, who was the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect in 2018 but has fallen in recent years due to various injuries, has overtaken the bottom of the first inning in two of the first four games this season for a double. – Somerset.
Florial hit two homers on Friday after his leadoff shot with a three-run homer in the fifth inning.
Three days earlier, Florial served as the first Yankees batsman in Somerset’s history as an affiliate.
He wasted no time in reminding the Yankees of his talent after slipping to the No. 10-rated prospect in the organization, According to MLB.com.
“There were a lot of people in our organization who wanted to start him at Triple-A,” Kevin Reese, senior director of Yakinese player development, said of Florial According to SI.com.
“We had a good alternate on-site season last year in our intra-squad games and they also performed well against Phyllis,” he said. [this spring]. After taking a step backward from the alternative-site world, they only thought of a game in Double-A and so we just wanted to shift gears back in a way that would have been normal. “
Florial made his MLB debut last season and played a hit against the Mets before he was ruled out of town after one game.
Florial may have the speed and power to become 30 home run-30 stolen-base players but he had never played in Double-A or Triple-A before this season. At the bottom, he had 482 strikeouts and only 184 walks in 392 games, which also ignores today’s standards.
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