Be Still My Beating Heart: Yoenis Cespedes
Every now and then, something truly epic comes along. Now, it’s not every day that it’s a Cuban ballplayer with a scouting video that has production values mirroring a 1980s sitcom, but this is your lucky day.
Domingo Ayala could not be reached for comment.
Jeff Passan could, however. He said these words.
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Kevin Goldstein has some play-by-play commentary on the video that’s almost as funny as the video itself: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15469
“I have no idea how good this guy can play baseball yet, but it’s a 70-plus sit-up tool.”
Competing baseball sites be damned, but KG is really great at what he does.