Fish Stripes · Aug 30, 2018
Despite being one year more veteran, Sierra has regressed considerably in 2018.
The Martin Scorsese classic, The Departed, opens to the ominous voice of antagonist Frank Costello, played by Jack Nicholson:
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I wan’t my environment to be a product of me.”
So far, Magneuris Sierra has been a product of his environment. As a St. Louis Cardinals propsect, his arrival in the major leagues was eagerly awaited. The then-21-year old was given a hit grade of 55 and a power grade of 40, and was described as the following by MLB Pipeline in 2016:
While he doesn’t have a ton of home run power, he does have considerable strength, particularly in his wrists and forearms and could eventually reach double-digits in that offensive category.