The Minnesota Twins have dealt with injuries, poor performance, and even a suspension during the early parts of this season. Willians Astudillo is the latest young player to have the chance to prove himself in MLB for Minnesota.
Jeff Sullivan breaks down Astudillo’s ability to avoid strikeouts, among other things, in a recent article on Fangraphs and he couldn’t be more right. Astudillo has 22 fewer strikeouts during his nine-season Minor League/International League career than Aaron Judge has so far this season. I’ll let that sink in for a second…okay, ready to move on?