bmags Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 We traded him for Manny Banuelos after he struggled in Kanny, interesting to note he led the minors in BA last year and hit .900 OPS across two levels. Looks like he'll be a hot topic for rule 5. https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/97124/justin-yurchak/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Interesting. Nice catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 20 hours ago, bmags said: We traded him for Manny Banuelos after he struggled in Kanny, interesting to note he led the minors in BA last year and hit .900 OPS across two levels. Looks like he'll be a hot topic for rule 5. https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/97124/justin-yurchak/ IIRC, the batting average is a pretty big surprise. He was drafted with off of the charts raw power, but not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: IIRC, the batting average is a pretty big surprise. He was drafted with off of the charts raw power, but not much else. Is that true? I vaguely remember him hitting for average at Great Falls. But that was a good place to hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: Is that true? I vaguely remember him hitting for average at Great Falls. But that was a good place to hit. I always thought he was more of an on base type guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 What I remember is he was a draft eligible soph who had more BBS than Ks, and destroyed Great Falls when that place was like an Instagram filter you’d put over all of our college prospects and they’d look sexy as hell. After he struggled with us in full season ball and figured he was like the others, but damn he can hit. Hope he keeps raking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I don't think he's a prospect still. 1B only and doesn't hit for power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 23 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I don't think he's a prospect still. 1B only and doesn't hit for power. Kind of a modern day Ross Gload? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Looks like the Dodgers didn't add him to their 40 man. I have no idea what to make of this, but he posted BABIP's above .400 in High-A & AA last year. I can't recall ever seeing that from a guy who played substantial amounts of times at 2 different levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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