Source: newyork.cbslocal.com --- Saturday, March 26, 2016
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Eugenio Suarez, Third baseman, Cincinnati Reds 2015 season (Minors): 57 G, 203 AB, .256 BA, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 3 SB, .786 OPS 2015 season (Minors): 97 G, 373 AB, .280 BA, 13 HR, 48 RBI, 4 SB, .761 OPS Signed by the Tigers an an amateur free agent out of Venezuela in 2008, Eugenio Suarez has never appeared on any top prospects lists, and he went rather quietly to Cincinnati during the 2014 offseason in a trade for Alfredo Simon. But Suarez made his name known last year by showing surprising pop as the Reds’ shortstop. In six Minor League seasons, Suarez had never hit more than 10 home runs, and he reached that double-digit mark just once in 136 games in 2013. He did begin to show some of the home-run power in ‘14 when he hit eight homers in 54 games in the Minors, but it was last season where he took the biggest leap. Suarez began 2015 at Triple-A and hit eight homers in 57 games, showing off a strong .182 ISO. He got the call at shortstop in July after Zack Cozart went down for the season, and he never looked back from there. Suarez compiled 33 extra-base hits with a very respectable .761 OPS. His .446 slugging percentage ranked fifth among shortstops with at least 350 plate appearances, and his ISO was sixth. The shortstop’s .341 BABIP (batting average on bal ...
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