Yoenis Cespedes: Signs w/ A's for 4/36

[Miamarlin21]

I read he is an above average fielder, but with a weak arm.

[Mainge]

I read he is an above average fielder, but with a weak arm.

Where did you read that?

[Beef]

His video shows like 30 seconds of him catching baseballs

[Mainge]

And he doesn't ever bring his glove above his hips. He's too cool for school.

[Miamarlin21]

Where did you read that?

A link I saw on Twitter I think.

[jOOj]

I love these make believe players.

[Mainge]

A link I saw on Twitter I think.

Link? I would like to read more about him.

[Miamarlin21]

I can't find it Mainge, sorry.

[Beef]

;-)

[jOOj]

I hope we sign Carne Willingham. (-:

[MiamiHomer]

Two other articles about him (linked in the Sun-Sentinel article)

Talented Cuban defector Cespedes is an odd sight

Baseball Prospectus: Future Shock
Yoenis Cespedes: The Showcase

[Ramp]

yea, this video is doing nothing for him

but it is outstanding

[Mainge]

I lol'd when it took him like 10 seconds to begin his homerun trot.

[Omar]

One of MH's articles posts some insight on his abilities:

The embellishments don’t come close to ending there. The video replays the swing from Cespedes’ 33rd home run three times. It shows a bare-chested, compression-shorts-clad Cespedes running down a track at regular speed, then in slo-mo. About seven minutes in, Cespedes jumps an alleged 45 inches and runs a 6.3-second 60-yard dash, though the scout at the workout clocked him at 6.5 seconds, still a superb time. The scout’s comparison to Trout, the young center fielder, is due to their similar height and weight, speed (Trout is faster), power (Cespedes has more) and arm (Cespedes’, the scout said, “is excellent”). The video goes on to claim Cespedes can leg press 1,300 pounds – he lifts a set with two men sitting on top of the weights – and bench 350 pounds.

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[Miamarlin21]

Damn, I read it wrong. See, never trust a kid in a wheelchair.