Last week we took a look at who was hitting for the most power in the Cincinnati Reds farm system and just where they were hitting for that power to. Not surprisingly, Juan Duran was hitting for some of the best pull and opposite field power in the organization. He ranked 4th in pull power and was second in opposite field power.
Since the Reds signed Duran in 2008 he’s been known for his massive amounts of raw power. He’s hit some absolute moonshots in his time inside of the organization, both in games and in batting practice displays. He still struggles to make contact consistently, but when he does make contact he certainly makes it count. The article last week certainly showed that he had hit for plenty of power, but those were just numbers. I decided to create a spray chart showing the extra-base hits that he had this season.
Let’s remember that Duran is a right handed hitter. Look at all of those extra-base hits the other way. Five of those home runs were to the right of center field. Five doubles and three triples also wound up to the right side of dead center field.
There’s a lot of things that Juan Duran needs to work on before he’s going to be ready to play in the big leagues, but he’s got the kind of power that you can really dream on and the chart above shows that.