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Billed as the best collegiate defensive player in the 2018 Draft, Peña has since added 20 pounds of muscle and now has modest, but relevant power. After looking uncharacteristically mistake-prone during the 2019 Fall League, he was the Dominican Winter League’s best infield defender in 2020 and should be a plus big league defender at shortstop. While he isn’t as deft and precise with the barrel, Peña’s swing shares some common rotational elements with fellow Astro Yuli Gurriel. Peña can pull his hands in and get the fat part of the bat on pitches on the inner half, which should enable him to hit 12 to 15 annual pull shots, maybe a couple more because of the Crawford Boxes in Houston. But the profile foundation here is Peña’s on-base ability and plus glove at a premium position. He’s 23 and hasn’t played above A-ball, but is still a pretty stable prospect, in part thanks to his coming of age in LIDOM.
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Is Yu Chang ready to become the Cleveland Indians’ next Mister Smile?
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The smile didn t leave Yu Chang s face, even when he sprinted for a double in the second inning Sunday against Detroit.AP
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Yu Chang never lets a smile leave his face. Whether he’s playing up or down, it’s hard not to notice the Cleveland Indians infielder grinning from ear to ear whenever he steps on the diamond.
That’s a quality the Indians grew accustomed to over the last six seasons with Francisco Lindor on the field. But the original “Mister Smile” now plays for the Mets, leaving Chang to carry on as the club’s grinning guru in the 2021 season.
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