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2694110, I just read an article about him from 538.com.
Posted by Marbles, Tue Apr-23-19 12:31 PM
If he keeps moving along at this rate, he'll be a monster. His versatility in the field is impressive too. This story down below about the corn kernels with his father is nuts.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/willians-astudillo-is-a-baseball-enigma/

"Astudillo’s grandfather and father were obsessed with baseball. His father had played professionally in Venezuela. Astudillo remembers a drill in which his father would kneel a few feet away and flick corn kernels toward him in their backyard in the coastal city of Barcelona, Venezuela. Astudillo’s objective was to hit the knuckling projectiles with a broomstick. He thinks his rare contact ability is part nature and part nurture."