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Atlanta Braves Top 100 Prospects Scouting Report: 23. Juan Yepez

By Benjamin Chase

Mar 15, 2015; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; The Atlanta Braves logo painted on the field during a spring training baseball game at Champion Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2015; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; The Atlanta Braves logo painted on the field during a spring training baseball game at Champion Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 15, 2015; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; The Atlanta Braves logo painted on the field during a spring training baseball game at Champion Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2015; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; The Atlanta Braves logo painted on the field during a spring training baseball game at Champion Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports /

Atlanta Braves First Baseman Juan Yepez

Who Is He?

Yepez was signed as the top dollar signee in what has turned out to be a loaded 2014 international free agent class from the Braves, signing for just over $1M dollars in a group of signees that also included outfielders Ronald Acuna and Isranel Wilson and, later in the process, Randy Ventura.

The Braves started Yepez at their Gulf Coast League team last summer, and while he was listed at 6’1 and 200 pounds after signing, it was obvious that he had added some weight last season, and that third base was going to be a rough spot to play.

His bat, however, forced him on the field, as he hit .306/.402/.449 with the GCL team in 31 games before being promoted to Danville, where between Austin Riley’s tremendous hitting and his poor fielding, he only saw action in one game at third base, but he still hit – going .291/.324/.466.

Altogether, in 2015 between the two rookie levels, Yepez totaled a .299/.364/.458 line over 228 plate appearances, hitting 4 home runs, 16 doubles, and 2 triples with a 22/55 BB/K ratio.

This season, he was moved to Rome on May 8th after recovering from an undisclosed offseason injury. Yepez hit .260/.315/.400 with a home run and 4 doubles and a 4/15 BB/K ratio in 54 plate appearances before going on the DL again on May 20th, and he has not returned.

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