The Pittsburgh Pirates weren’t incredibly active during the trade deadline, but they did move the most obvious player. They sent Jose Quintana to the St. Louis Cardinals along with Chris Stratton in exchange for RHP Johan Oviedo and 1B Malcom Nunez.
When it comes to Nunez, the Pirates added another player with some interesting power upside who is still young for the league he is playing in (younger than new teammate Liover Peguero).
Nunez was raking in Springfield, St. Louis’ Double-A affiliate, to the tune of 17 home runs.
Of course, the biggest note when it comes to Nunez has been his home and away splits, with Springfield being a stadium that resembles Greensboro when it comes to offensive production.
Nunez is hitting .258/.372/.583 at home with 16 home runs this year. On the road, ...
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Boy I would love to read this article but Tim has never responded to why I am locked out. It’s been almost 2 months since I paid but only can read free content. I’m sure it was still great one Anthony.
I had this problem a couple of years ago. It is a really good site – but horrendous when it comes to administrative issues and responsiveness. After the third unanswered email, I gave up.
Do you still pay yearly? It’s too bad because I have been following this site for probably as long as it has been in existence. It is the only website that I pay for its content. Even the last couple years when all was free I gladly paid. Have to figure out how to cancel the auto draft yearly.
Thanks for the video’s, especially showing his advancement from May to late July. Still only 21, and a young 21 at that, at AA and 3.3 years younger than the average player in the league. The 823 OPS is impressive, but more impressive is the 48 Walks and only 71 K’s – 1.48 K’s for every 1.00 Walks.
Not sure why he is being classified as a poor defender – last year as 20 year old 3B, a .945 fielding percentage at A+ and a 902 at AA. This year, as a 21 year old 1B in AA he is 994 in 68 games, 500 Chances. I think they keep the numbers the same way in all the leagues, and a 994 is as good as we have seen in years at 1B for the Pirates!
His bat holds some promise, but hearing he is slow and a defensive liability greatly lessens my enthusiasm. He is pretty much a DH only. No wonder the Cardinals were eager to let him go. He was a spare part to them..
Hmmmm Last time I checked the DH is now allowed in both leagues. Therefore it’s a position that is in the starting lineup. In other words there is not a single problem at all if he is a DH. In fact any team should welcome a DH that can hit no matter his size
My Pirate fan-ness will not allow me to believe we just pulled one over on the St Louis Cardinals, of all teams, but this kid looks like a better version of Canaan SN.
The only time I remember the Pirates pulled one over the Cardinals in my opinion was back in 2000 when they sent Jason Christiansen for Jack Wilson. It appears Jack’s son Jacob isn’t too bad at playing baseball either.
1987 Tony Pena for LaValliere andf Van Slyke. for another
Man did I love those two players. Both would be on my all time Bucco team. I would have Slyke as the captain. Maybe Spanky as assistant captain. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
He is very slow and cannot field a position defensively…no the Pirates didn’t pull one on the Cardinals
We get it you’ve been hurt. Please tell us where nutting hurt you.
Despite his overall struggles on the road, he had two outstanding road series in June (both with an OPS about 1.000). This shows he’s capable away from home but also implies he was really bad in other road series. He also apparently mashes lefties (OPS of 1.021 with 18 K’s vs. 17 BB’s in 92 PA’s–surely there aren’t many power hitting minor leaguers with a 1:1 K:BB ratios even if just against LHP or RHP), which could provide some balance to our lineup down the road.
Does this kid ever hit one to the right side?
The second video shows a couple of hits to RF.
great job anthony, love this. How do you do this – do you have to sift thru the entire game footage & cut out those clips & then use a video program to paste them in?
Yep. Each minute clip takes about a hours worth of recording, and another 30 minutes of editing. Then I watch over the edited video a couple of times to cut it down to what you see here.
I have a 2 terabyte external portable hard drive that’s close to half full of videos from the close to 8 months since I’ve been at P2.
I’m pretty sure I have video from last year that I never used that’s filed somewhere incorrectly that I completely forgot I have.
This kid’s listed as 5’11” and 205lbs. Maybe it’s the lose fitting uniform, but he sure looks bigger than that on video.
What about 6’2” and 232#?
That was his listed size in the most recent St. Louis media guide