ANDURY ACEVEDO

8/23/90; NDFA '07; Dominican Republic
R/R; 6-4, 200

Level	BA	OBP	SA	AB	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	CS
2007 R	.444	.474	.667	18	2	1	0	0	5	0	0
2008 R	.216	.287	.261	153	3	2	0	10	42	9	2
2009 R	.174	.174	.304	23	3	0	0	0	9	0	0
2009 DSL	.381	.447	.476	42	4	0	0	4	11	3	0

The Pirates signed Acevedo in the summer of 2007. Apparently, he had the size and raw talent to attract interest from several teams, but he signed with the Bucs because they told his agent he could start off in the US. He debuted with Bradenton, went 2-for-2 in one partial game and promptly strained an oblique. He eventually hit well in limited action. Acevedo's presence in the GCL generated a bit of interest among Pirate fans, who are used to a farm system loaded with overage players. He returned to the GCL in 2008 and showed his inexperience by struggling with the bat and glove. At bat he obviously struggled with the strike zone, and also with RHPs, against whom he posted a .516 OPS. He split his time between 3B and SS, playing the former somewhat more often, and committed 20 errors in 37 games in the field. Considering his size, he's probably more likely to end up at 3B than SS, and in fact was playing mostly third in spring training in 2009. Back in the GCL in 2009, he continued to struggle and was demoted to the DSL, which doesn't happen much. He hit much better there, which is probably an indication that the Pirates didn't do him any favors by assigning him initially to the GCL. I've seen him a lot in spring training the last three years and he's very impressive physically, but shows no approach at the plate other than just to take the same swing on every pitch. He didn't play any at short in 2009 and, in fact, played a little at first in the DSL, so he's probably mainly a thirdbaseman now. The Pirates might give him another shot at the GCL in 2010. He'll still be only 19 when the season starts.

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