Daily News | Why prospect Hao Yu Lee is the Phillies minor league hitter you should know about
The scouting reports suggested that the Taiwanese hitters couldn’t pull the ball against the hard-throwing American pitchers. So, in the early innings of the championship game at the 2019 under-18 Baseball World Cup, Team USA shaded the center fielder to left field when a left-handed hitter came to the plate and to right field for right-handed batters.“First pitch, the guy threw him a 95 [mph fastball], he hit it off the left-field wall.
“He looks like he’s got a chance to hit and be a good offensive player,” one National League scout said last week. “Maybe at second base. Second or third. But he looks like a good one.” Then, there is Lee’s origin story. The Phillies scouted him in Taiwan, fertile ground for baseball talent but far-flung for an organization that hasn’t made inroads in the Far East. The Phillies have never signed an Asian-born player who reached the majors.
“All the talk I heard was what a good hitter he had an opportunity to be and what a competitor he is, and it didn’t take long for me to see that,” Clearwater manager Marty Malloy said by phone. “In our first series, his ability as a youngster to put the bat on the ball, hit with power, hit to all fields, it was obvious. The preparation was off the charts. We’d have to kick him out of the cage. He would hit all day if we let him.
“Somebody was taunting him and he wanted to go after them, and that’s when a lot of guys said, ‘Whoa, this guy’s got some fire in him,’” Everett said. “Honestly, he’s got the big-league makeup. He’s got all the intangibles. Now it’s just a matter of getting him there.”Bryson Stott’s versatility, willingness to switch positions helped pave the way for Phillies to sign Trea Turner
Malloy used Bryson Stott as an example to illustrate the point. The Phillies drafted Stott as a shortstop, butenabled the former first-round pick to break camp with the major-league team last spring.newly signed $300 million shortstop Trea Turner“[Lee] knows we believe in him,” Malloy said. “He understands now that playing those three positions is only going to help him in the future as he moves up our ladder. What position he plays, I don’t know. If he keeps hitting, they’re going to find one.
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