West Palm Beach, Florida – Ryan Clifford knows that power “will probably be the transport tool” while it progresses through the Put“Agricultural system. But, he also says: “I want to try to do my best to make sure that it is not my only tool.”
For the moment, however, Clifford’s power is candy for the eyes of his career, especially in the light of the Home Run Gargantuesque in which he struck Sunday spring escapeA bullet that was to travel almost 450 feet. It was easily the only brilliant moment of the 5-1 victory of the food on the Nationals at Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches.
Clifford, who was part of the return that the dishes hung in the Justin Verlander Trade, made a journey of the 406 -foot panel in the dead center of the left -wing nationals Jackson Kent. He struck an increase in grass halfway beyond the fence.
“Feel,” said Clifford. “Always feels good to put a good swing on one like that.”
Clips of his powerful swing went around on social networks, and he admitted that he was getting a charge.
“There have been a lot of great games in small groups,” said Clifford. “It’s cool to be part of it.”
When he was asked if he knew what his longest home run in career was, he said, “I don’t know. It would probably be up there, however.
Clifford – The fourth best hope of dishesAccording to Sny Joe Demayo -It’s only 21 years old and he was told that he would start the season in Double-A this year, he said. He struck 18 double-A Binghamton circuits last year and seems ready to move if his power continues to play.
He is looming as a large commodity at the moment – as a hitter who plays the first goal, as well as in an external field, it is a potential replacement in case Pete Alonso ends up withdrawing after this season.
It is for another day, however. Clifford has more work to do until he puts himself in this kind of position. And it seems to know – from where what he said about to make sure that power is not his only tool.
“I’m just trying to be a full player and set up competitive bats and seem to be difficult and someone who does not want to face,” said Clifford.
Clifford, who played in his break in the second spring, said that he and other dishes were talking about the way it is an honor to be considered for the game, but that there was also something else at stake.
“I’m sure you don’t want to be too many of them,” he said. “We were joking about this on the way here.”
More notes of the day of spring rupture:
All this jazz
Bohan AdderleyAn 18 -year -old perspective on the field which was part of the list for the Sunday spring break, is a regular text with another interior field player, the one who is already five years old in major leagues – Chisholm jazz of the Yankees.
“I try to speak to him every day,” said Adderley, who had a .676 OPS and stole 27 bases in 28 trials in 47 games in the Dominican summer league last year. “Choose your brain. Get everything I can from him and learn from him and it’s a help tool. »»
The two met “through baseball a long time ago,” said Adderley. Adderley’s brother played with Chisholm in their native Bahamas.
“It would therefore always be with me,” said Adderley. “He would always relax. Me and jazz, we are close.
“He’s a great guy, a great player. It puts just for our country, because baseball is not big there. I have the impression that he is doing a great job to present and put Bahamas. »»
Chisholm is one of the nine players born in the Bahamas to manufacture the MLB, according to the baseball reference database. Chisholm played in 449 games, the second plus among the players born in Bahamas, behind only Andre Rodgers (854), who played from 1957 to 1967 for the Giants of San Francisco, the Cubs of Chicago and the Pirates of Pittsburgh.
Adderley had a basic percentage of .356 in his brief season of professional beginnings. But he wants to be better to control the striking area when he probably starts the season in the Florida Complex League.
“I’m just trying to be more disciplined,” said Adderley. “Go up there with a match plan and really show what I can do, because I have the impression that last year, I did not do as much as I wanted. So I just want to show what I am capable of. “”
Adderley was 0 for 1 in the match, but showed his powerful arm of the stop stop.
Benge
Carson BengeThe highest choice of draft of dishes last year (19th in total) said that he had put 15 pounds of muscle since abandoning pitching and concentrating on the outside field.
Benge, 22, was a double -meaning player at the Oklahoma State college. He and the dishes “understood” that he would get out of the mound, he said.
“The pitch is really fun, but I have the impression that the future for me is probably with the bat, so I’m going to stay there,” said Benge. “Obviously, the implementation of pitching was difficult because I loved it. But to focus only on the shot was definitely exciting and motivating for me. »»
Benge said that the additional force meant that “the bullets stand out (the bat) a little more difficult and that I become more comfortable in the box.”
BEGE – The fifth best hope of the food, according to SNY – played 15 games at LOW -A Port St. Lucie last year and beat .273 with a basic percentage of .420 and a blow of 0.436. He hit three doubles and two circuits. It was 1 for 2 with a walk on Sunday.
Rivals to teammates
Jonathan Santuccia left -handed launcher that the dishes took in the second round last year, and Eli SerranoA fourth round voltiper in the same project, clashed at the college in ACC.
Santucci, who attended Duke, was impressive, said Serrano.
“I think last year, I was like 0 for 2 against him,” said Serrano. “This fast ball at 96 (miles per hour), in the area, it will certainly beat you.”
