Signed with Philadelphia as a 17-year-old amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic on May 20, 2008...signed by Phillies scout Sal Agostinelli. Aside from the removal of the atrocious, carousel-like home run nightmare machine and the infusion of local cuisine (you've gotta try the Butterfly Tacos), it was just announced that the fences will be moved in a bit.
By Alex Krutchik Jul 13, 2020, 5:00pm EDT Much of this can be attributed to the horrible pitching that each team rolled out on any given night but that doesn't figure to change much. Villar stole a league-leading 62 bases that year, along with a .285/.369/.457 slash line, 92 runs scored and 19 home runs. In that regard, there could be a slight step down. All told, his elite speed and multi-position eligibility made him fantasy gold for those who acquired him off waivers. Fantasy Baseball Talk ; Jonathan Villar 2020 Outlook NOTICE: No Bench Coach Discussion in This Forum. Belted a leadoff homer on 4/8 vs. Chicago-NL (off Kyle Hendricks).....has 5 career leadoff HR...Produced his third career 2-homer game on 6/29 at Cincinnati... Batted .365 (27-for-74, 3hr, 7rbi) over his last 29 games... Named Brewers Player of the Month for August (20g, .364, 3hr, 8rbi, 3sb, .564slg, .386obp)...Played for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic (3g, 1-for-5, 2r, 1bb, 1sb) • Played for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League...Signed a 1-year contract on 1/12/18, avoiding arbitration.Finished fourth in the majors in stolen bases (35); (14-for-16 with Milwaukee and 21-for-24 with Baltimore), the second-most steals in a season for his career (62 - 2016)...Recorded four multi-stolen base games; successfully stole 13-straight bases from 6/10-8/28...Made his fifth-straight Opening Day start (second base)...Hit safely in nine of his first 12 games on the season, batting .342 (13-for-38)...Acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers along with minor leaguers RHP Luis Ortiz and INF Jean Carmona in exchange for INF Jonathan Schoop on 7/31...Hit safely in four of his first five games with Baltimore, hitting .429 (9-for-21) with four runs scored... Homered in back-to-back games on 9/2-3; first time since August 30-31, 2017...Recorded 14 multi-run games during the season, and eight with the Orioles...Matched his career-high hitting streak of nine games from 9/1-11, hitting .371 (13-for-35) during this stretch...Hit his second career Eutaw Street HR on 9/16 vs. CWS; his first came on 8/15 vs. NYM...All 74 of his starts with Milwaukee came at second base; made 36 starts at second base for the Orioles and 18 at shortstop.Batted .285 with 19 HR, 63 RBI and a Major League-leading 62 stolen bases in 156 games during his first season with Milwaukee...Made 152 starts (104g at SS, 40g at 3B, 8g at 2B).....48 of his last 53 starts came at third base (40g) or second base (8g) following the 8/2 promotion of SS Orlando Arcia...Led the team in at-bats (589), runs (92), hits (168), doubles (38), walks (79), stolen bases (62) and on-base percentage (.369)...Batted .276 (117-for-424, 11hr) as a left-handed hitter and .309 (51-for-165, 8hr) right-handed..Joined Tommy Harper (1969) and Scott Podsednik (2004) as the only players in franchise history to lead the Major Leagues in stolen bases.....recorded the third season of 60+ steals in franchise history, joining Harper (73 in 1969) and Podsednik (70 in 2004)...Became the first player in the Major Leagues to produce 15 HR and 60 SB in a season since Carl Crawford (15hr/60sb) with Tampa Bay in 2009...Ranked among the National League leaders in walks (T8th, 79) and doubles (T9th, 38) Walked in 9 consecutive games (10 total walks) from 5/24-6/1, tying a franchise record with Darrell Porter (1975), Darryl Hamilton (1995) and John Jaha (1998)...Belted leadoff homers on 6/4 at Philadelphia, 9/6 vs. Chicago-NL and 9/28 at Texas.....now has 4 career leadoff homers (also 9/10/13 at Seattle)...Smacked his first career grand slam on 9/4 at Pittsburgh off Juan Nicasio .....became the sixth player in franchise history to produce a pinch-hit grand slam...Homered from both sides of the plate on 9/7 vs. Chicago-NL.....became the fourth player in franchise history to accomplish that feat...Named Brewers Player of the Month for May (29g, .355, 1hr, 16rbi, 14sb, .482slg, .450obp)...Following the season played for Cibao in the Dominican Winter League.
The outcome might not be as bad as we think, though.Marlins Park has gotten some renovations recently that may be worth our attention. For Villar in particular, it won't suddenly boost his power stats but it should reduce some anxiety in regard to him at least approaching the 20-homer mark and it could help the offense in general.That said, Marlins Park was not as unkind to hitters as we may have previously believed.
The Marlins can't be considered much of an upgrade over the Orioles and their home park is notoriously pitcher-friendly. Infielder Jonathan Villar was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Miami Marlins ahead of the 2020 MLB season. Will the warmer weather and slight uptick in surrounding talent be friendly enough to offset new ballpark factors and a potentially more conservative offense?Villar is heading down to South Florida with a move back to the National League. For that reason, Villar was unceremoniously put on waivers before a deal was reached with Miami. Jonathan Villar 2020 Outlook. Jonathan Villar projected to 150 Games vs RHP and LHP with 12 team mixed fantasy value. 2020 Updates Single Game Tickets Marlins ... 7/24/2020 at 7:48 PM 7/24/2020 at 7:48 PM Jonathan Villar opens the scoring with a sac fly. Sign in to follow this . By 2ndCitySox, December 3, 2019 in Fantasy Baseball Talk.
IN THE COMMUNITY: This offseason, Jonathan held a baseball camp for the "La Barranca" Little League in his hometown of La Vega, DR...Jonathan, who played in La Barranca Little League when he was growing up in the Dominican, hosted 150 kids and spoke to them about the importance of hard work on the field and being a positive influence in the community...he gave away some Astros promo items as well as baseball equipment ... Jonathan plans to hold this event every offseason going forward. 2020 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 second basemen. The Marlins averaged 0.52 SB attempts per game last year, which was tied for 20th in the majors. The Orioles averaged 0.70, good for 11th. RotoWire News: Villar (back) served as the designated hitter in Friday's intrasquad scrimmage, Jordan McPherson of The Miami Herald reports. The year before, the Marlins were 28th in the league.