05-29-2022, 10:53 AM
Aquino is making me think they should institute a "designated fielder" position that teams can choose to use.
His arm in the outfield single handedly saved 2 runs and won the game last night.
The first run he saved was in the 2nd inning when the Giants had the bases loaded and Aquino caught a fly out in mid-depth right field. I think, most times, the runner scores from that depth, but Aquino rifled it into home plate and the Giants didn't even make the attempt to go for home. The inning ended with no runs scored.
The second run he saved was the final out of the game where he threw out the runner in the top of the 9th when he tried to stretch to home from 2nd base on a single.
He also dug out a ball that was in the right field corner in the 6th that you could argue would be a triple if the runner wanted to test him, but didn't, resulting in a double. It didn't end up mattering, as the player was stranded at 2nd, but it could have been a big deal had the hit been with 1 out rather than 2 outs.
Fielding (and base running) are talents that a lot of people don't value in the major leagues because, maybe 90 to 95% of the time, a single is a single regardless of who is fielding the ball, a double is a double etc.
But Aquino definitely makes runners think twice about testing him, and that's a really nice asset to have.
It's a shame he can't hit for shit...
His arm in the outfield single handedly saved 2 runs and won the game last night.
The first run he saved was in the 2nd inning when the Giants had the bases loaded and Aquino caught a fly out in mid-depth right field. I think, most times, the runner scores from that depth, but Aquino rifled it into home plate and the Giants didn't even make the attempt to go for home. The inning ended with no runs scored.
The second run he saved was the final out of the game where he threw out the runner in the top of the 9th when he tried to stretch to home from 2nd base on a single.
He also dug out a ball that was in the right field corner in the 6th that you could argue would be a triple if the runner wanted to test him, but didn't, resulting in a double. It didn't end up mattering, as the player was stranded at 2nd, but it could have been a big deal had the hit been with 1 out rather than 2 outs.
Fielding (and base running) are talents that a lot of people don't value in the major leagues because, maybe 90 to 95% of the time, a single is a single regardless of who is fielding the ball, a double is a double etc.
But Aquino definitely makes runners think twice about testing him, and that's a really nice asset to have.
It's a shame he can't hit for shit...
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