Another installment of the In Appreciation Of series (check the tag at the bottom for previous installments) features Buies Creek pitcher Yoanys Quiala.
Quiala was signed by the Astros as a 21-year old out of Cuba in May 2015, where he could throw in the 96-98mph range. Quiala played in one season for Holguin in Cuba's Serie Nacional, throwing 52.2IP with a 2.22 ERA/1.20 WHIP, 33K:14BB. But those strikeout numbers would prove to be low.
He appeared in nine games in the Dominican Summer League, throwing 35IP, 26H/6ER, 34K:9BB, with a 1.54 ERA/1.00 WHIP...but he was two years older than his competition.