Colas will hit the big leagues.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Defected from Japanese professional baseball Softbank in 2020, the 24-year-old Cuban potential Oscar Colas (Oscar Colas), who only started his first minor league season last year, has confirmed that he will enter the major leagues in the opening season. The official website also wrote an article predicting how he will perform in the major leagues in the future.

Colas was once known as the "Cuban Dagu" and was able to throw a 95-mile fireball. However, he was trained as a fielder after entering Softbank. After announcing his defection to the United States, after a two-year blank period, he was signed by the White Sox for $2.7 million in January 2022.

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Colas quickly climbed up after joining the American professional baseball system. It took only one year to climb from the high-level 1A to the 3A. He accumulated 117 games in the 3 levels (A+, 2A, 3A) and left .314/.371 /.524 batting measurements. In a small sample of 7 games in 3A, Colas hit 3.87% and hit 2 homers. His outstanding performance made Colas rush to the second place in the White Sox farm and also won the The chance to play in this year's spring training warm-up game.

During spring training, Colas showed that his offensive and defensive ceilings are higher than that of Gavin Sheets, who was originally projected to play right fielder, and he posted .262/.273/.431 in 65 spring training seats. Hit three rounds, and three hits scored, so he was officially brought to the major leagues by the team to start the season, becoming the lineup catcher Yasmani Grandal, second baseman Yoan Moncada, center fielder Robert Luis Robert is the fourth Cuban player.

Colas climbed from the high-level 1A to triple-A in the first season of the minor league last year, and this season will knock off the major league.

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Draft expert Jim Callis analyzed that Colas is a player who prioritizes strength over strike. He has a 5-foot-11, 220-pound body and has good swing speed and strength. Very aggressive mentality, but at the same time he is also a batter with more advanced batting skills than originally scouts expected. As a left hitter, he will not insist on swinging a big stick when facing left-handed pitchers and balls behind. Last season, he played against Hitting measurements are .362/.417/.533 against lefties and .301/.358/.521 against righties.

Colas' strikeout rate of 23% last season is considered acceptable for a power hitter, but his 7% walk rate also shows that he needs to be more patient in the strike zone. Tendency to hit changeups out of the zone, which is where major league pitchers will try to attack him.

Defensively, Colas is just an average runner between bases and needs to keep his body in order to maintain speed, although mobility is not an issue for him at his size.

Colas spent a lot of time as a first baseman in Japan, but in 2022 he will spend most of his time in center field, but Colas is considered by major league scouts to be more suitable for right field, and is expected to be only a bit. Average or so defender.

Colas' run rating isn't as stellar as his hit rating.

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With an arm capable of throwing 95 miles, Colas has not shown any desire to pitch on the mound, but with such a strong arm, Colas sent 7 in just 34 games in right field last season. Second outfield assist.

Finally, Callis pointed out that the White Sox had signed several big field players directly from Cuba in the past, such as Jose Abreu and Robert. Great times, there is a chance to post a performance of more than 30 hits in a single season after growing and thriving in the future.

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