Tayron Guerrero fought an uphill battle to even sign a pro contract, but the 6-foot-8 reliever has developed into a two-time Futures Gamer. Now he aims to get back to the big leagues with the Marlins.
Colombia native and Double-A Jacksonville righthander Tayron Guerrero remembers feeling terrified.
For a six-week period when he was 17, Guerrero would get up at 5:30 a.m. to take a boat out of his remote village, the town of Bocachica on an island called Isla de Tierra Bomba.
The 20-minute ferry took him to Cartagena, one of the larger cities in Colombia, where he practiced basketball until noon and then baseball until late at night.
Since the ferry stopped service at 6 p.m., Guerrero was forced to take a smaller boat and then walk through the woods for two hours before making it back to Bocachica.
“I wouldn’t get home until midnight, and I could hear the owls and I could see some snakes,” Guerrero said in Spanish. “All I had was a stick in my hand to cut through the grass, which reached up to my ribs.
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Wood Has Towering Upside- Nationals rookie James Wood also stands 6-foot-7 and also has game-changing power.
Aaron Judge and Oneil Cruz are 6-foot7 sluggers who stand out for their power in this year’s MLB Best Tools voting. Wood spent half of this season with Triple-A Rochester before making his MLB debut on July 1. While he was in the International League, he captured managers’ attention. Wood unanimously won Best Power Prospect and also claimed Most Exciting Player in a survey of league skippers. Wood hit .353/.463/.595 with 10 home runs in 52 games for Rochester. His .242 isolated slugging was the best for a player 21 or younger at Triple-A this season.
ROAD BLOCK?
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ROYALS REVIVAL
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SUMMER STANDOUTS
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FLORIDA COMPLEX LEAGUE TOP 10
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IN WITH THE NEW
The 2024 draft is in the books. The trade deadline is history.
WALCOTT BLASTS OFF
It took some time for Rangers shortstop Sebastian Walcott to find his footing at High-A Hickory.
A RECORD NIGHT FOR COLLEGIANS
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K.C.MASTERPIECE
Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. wins games for the Royals with his bat, glove, speed and baseball IQ. He might be the most tooled-up player in the game.
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