The Reds recently promoted Aristides Aquino to the Billings Mustangs after spending the season in Arizona with the AZL Reds. Coming into the day he was hitting .273/.318/.478 between the two stops. He has shown good power and solid hitting skills, but the plate discipline has been a little rough as his walk rate has been quite low to this point in the season. That is another topic for another day though. Today I simply wanted to take a look at his batted ball profile to this point in the season.
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As we can see, Aquino has a pretty strong pull profile though he does go up the middle quite a bit as well. Going to right field though hasn’t been a strong point. Let’s take a look at how often he gets hits when he goes to each part of the field.
When Aquino pulls the ball he has a ton of success in turning balls in play into hits if they make it into the outfield. He has had good success as well when he goes up the middle and the other way hitting .500 and .509 to both right and center. He has had a few infield hits mixed in as well, including going 2-3 on balls fielded by the pitcher.
Let’s take a look at his power output to the different fields so far this season.
When the outfielder pulls the ball he gets the highest output of power, but he is also showing good power to center and to right field this season. The opposite field power is rather impressive , especially for his age.
While Aquino shows pull tendencies he has been able to show power to all parts of the field at this juncture of his career. With reports on his tools and the little video that I have been able to see that left me impressed. He continues to be one of the more intriguing guys to follow in the system.
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