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Age: 33
Born:
July 9, 1987
Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Height:
5-9
Weight:
195
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
How Acquired:
International free agent (Aug. 2014)
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Kelly O'Connor
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The Write-Up: Rusney Castillo (9.16.14)
Signed with
Tohoku (MPB) (Jan. 2021) |
Physical Description: Short, strong,
athletic build. Maxed out physically.
Hit: Plus
bat speed. Hands are quick through the zone. Uses a short stride. Line
drive-oriented swing with slight uphill plane. Length in swing. Solid bat
control. Wants to hit; aggressive first-pitch swinger. Expands the zone,
but knows what he can handle. Pull hitter. Average hit tool.
Power: Max-effort swing. Strong for his size. His obvious
strength generates his bat speed. Power most likely to manifest as line
drive doubles to the gaps rather than home runs. Fringe-average power
potential.
Arm: Plus arm strength when he lets it
fly, but doesn't always show that type of arm strength.
Field: Average speed and athleticism allows him to cover plenty
of ground. Capable center fielder also able to play the corners. Won a
Gold Glove in Cuba.
Run: Light on his feet,
accelerates quickly when he goes all out. Was timed at 4.1 seconds to
first in Cuba according to Baseball America, but speed has regressed as he
has gotten older. Average speed. Will steal a handful of bases, but not a
major part of his game anymore.
Career
Notes: Played five professional seasons in Cuba through age 24.
Established residency in Haiti before signing a 7-year deal with Boston in
August 2014. Played in 10 games with Boston later that season, then
bounced between Pawtucket and Boston in 2015-2016. Has been stuck in
Pawtucket ever since because his contract would count against the CBT if
he is added back to the 40-man roster, and his performance has not merited
that.
Summation Could be an excellent fourth
outfielder, or maybe even a borderline second-division starter, but
contract situation creates a quandary for his career. Unlikely that any
team will think his salary would be worth bringing him up the big leagues,
particularly given change to recent CBA that no longer allows teams to
remove salaries from CBT calculation via outright, so is likely stuck in
Triple-A for the duration of his contract. |
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Hitting
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year |
team |
lg |
level |
org |
age |
g |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
tb |
bb |
so |
sb |
cs |
avg |
obp |
slg |
ops |
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2008 |
Ciego de
Avila |
CNS |
Cuba |
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20 |
28 |
43 |
12 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
20 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0.349 |
0.417 |
0.465 |
0.882 |
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2009 |
Ciego de
Avila |
CNS |
Cuba |
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21 |
44 |
99 |
11 |
30 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
40 |
2 |
19 |
2 |
4 |
0.303 |
0.333 |
0.404 |
0.737 |
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2010 |
Ciego de
Avila |
CNS |
Cuba |
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22 |
88 |
364 |
75 |
118 |
22 |
4 |
18 |
79 |
202 |
17 |
42 |
29 |
6 |
0.324 |
0.373 |
0.555 |
0.928 |
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2011 |
Ciego de
Avila |
CNS |
Cuba |
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23 |
95 |
376 |
80 |
125 |
28 |
2 |
16 |
66 |
205 |
32 |
42 |
22 |
7 |
0.332 |
0.395 |
0.545 |
0.940 |
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2012 |
Ciego de
Avila |
CNS |
Cuba |
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24 |
68 |
234 |
41 |
64 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
29 |
92 |
31 |
29 |
15 |
9 |
0.274 |
0.377 |
0.393 |
0.770 |
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2013 |
DNP -
Defected |
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25 |
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2014 |
Boston |
AL |
MLB |
Bos |
26 |
10 |
36 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
19 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.333 |
0.400 |
0.528 |
0.928 |
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2014 |
Surprise |
AFL |
Fall |
Bos |
26 |
8 |
36 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0.278 |
0.333 |
0.361 |
0.694 |
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2014 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
26 |
10 |
37 |
5 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0.405 |
0.415 |
0.541 |
0.955 |
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2015 |
Pawtucket |
IL |
AAA |
Bos |
27 |
40 |
156 |
17 |
44 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
60 |
14 |
28 |
10 |
2 |
0.282 |
0.337 |
0.385 |
0.722 |
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2015 |
Boston |
AL |
MLB |
Bos |
27 |
80 |
273 |
35 |
69 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
29 |
98 |
13 |
54 |
4 |
5 |
0.253 |
0.288 |
0.359 |
0.647 |
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2015 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
27 |
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Playoffs Only |
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2016 |
Pawtucket |
IL |
AAA |
Bos |
28 |
103 |
395 |
55 |
104 |
20 |
5 |
2 |
34 |
140 |
24 |
68 |
9 |
3 |
0.263 |
0.312 |
0.354 |
0.666 |
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2016 |
Boston |
AL |
MLB |
Bos |
28 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.375 |
0.625 |
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2016 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
28 |
14 |
51 |
6 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
23 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
0.392 |
0.431 |
0.451 |
0.882 |
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2017 |
Pawtucket |
IL |
AAA |
Bos |
29 |
87 |
347 |
52 |
109 |
22 |
0 |
15 |
43 |
176 |
11 |
51 |
14 |
2 |
0.314 |
0.350 |
0.507 |
0.857 |
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2017 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
29 |
13 |
43 |
8 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
22 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0.302 |
0.348 |
0.512 |
0.859 |
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2018 |
Pawtucket |
IL |
AAA |
Bos |
30 |
117 |
474 |
56 |
151 |
31 |
0 |
5 |
59 |
197 |
29 |
80 |
13 |
7 |
0.319 |
0.360 |
0.416 |
0.776 |
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2018 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
30 |
9 |
36 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0.250 |
0.308 |
0.250 |
0.558 |
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2019 |
Pawtucket |
IL |
AAA |
Bos |
31 |
120 |
460 |
63 |
128 |
25 |
1 |
17 |
64 |
206 |
25 |
63 |
5 |
9 |
0.278 |
0.321 |
0.448 |
0.769 |
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2019 |
Caguas |
LBPRC |
Wint |
Bos |
31 |
17 |
64 |
9 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0.219 |
0.224 |
0.250 |
0.474 |
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2020 |
Season Cancelled |
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Bos |
32 |
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2021 |
Rakuten |
JPEL |
Fgn |
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33 |
50 |
121 |
13 |
34 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
40 |
8 |
22 |
0 |
1 |
0.281 |
0.336 |
0.331 |
0.666 |
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2022 |
Long Island |
Atl |
Indy |
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34 |
57 |
216 |
20 |
60 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
79 |
16 |
20 |
3 |
2 |
0.278 |
0.329 |
0.366 |
0.695 |
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2022 |
Staten Island |
Atl |
Indy |
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34 |
43 |
154 |
15 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
23 |
59 |
12 |
17 |
4 |
3 |
0.325 |
0.385 |
0.383 |
0.768 |
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Additional Player Info |
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Pronunciation: Roos-NAY
First Pro Contract: August 23, 2014 by Ben Cherington (Boston)
Signing Bonus: $5,400,000
MiLB Debut: August 31, 2015 (GCL Red Sox) |
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: September 17, 2014 (Boston) |
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Awards
International League All-Star (2017)
International League Season-End All-Star (2017)
International League Player of
the Week (June 4-10, 2018)
International League All-Star (2018)
International League Season-End All-Star
(2018)
2018 Pawtucket Red Sox MVP
International League Player of the Week (June 10-16, 2019) |
SoxProspects.com Awards
2017 SoxProspects.com All-Star
2018 SoxProspects.com Pre-Season All-Star
SoxProspects.com
Player of
the Week (June 4-10, 2018)
2018 SoxProspects.com All-Star
2019
SoxProspects.com Pre-Season All-Star
SoxProspects.com Player of the Week (June 10-16, 2019) |
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