Ydwin Villegas
| AB | 1299 |
|---|---|
| AVG | .216 |
| OBP | .275 |
| SLG | .273 |
| HR | 4 |
- Full name Ydwin Villegas
- Born 09/01/1990 in Valencia, Venezuela
- Profile Ht.: 5'10" / Wt.: 178 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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San Francisco still has to dream a bit on Villegas, who wasn't strong enough for a full-season assignment and hit just .189/.215/.242 in low Class A last year. He began the season in extended spring training and went up to Augusta to replace Sharlon Schoop and wound up a semi-regular thanks to his glove. Villegas' defensive skills and playmaking abilities at shortstop rival Ehire Adrianza and Brandon Crawford. In instructional league, Villegas moved to second base to form an acrobatic double-play combination with Adrianza that had coaches slapping their foreheads in amazement. Villegas played much looser after reporting to the Giants' winter instructional camp in the Dominican Republic after the season, running better and swinging the bat with more authority. Villegas is from the same area (Carabobo) in Venezuela as Pablo Sandoval, but San Francisco doesn't have him on the Panda's calorie counter. Villegas needs to gain weight and prove he's durable enough to play a full season, to say nothing of the strides he must make with his switch-hitting approach. For now, he has enough youth, projection and premium defensive tools to warrant attention. He's expected to make a repeat visit to Augusta in 2011.
