First baseman Jesús Aguilar was one of the bets the Marlins made during the last offseason and it paid off. Motivated to get in better physical shape, the Venezuelan proved to be a threat at the plate. Let’s take a look at his season.
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After the Tampa Bay Rays made clear last winter that there wasn’t room for Aguilar by placing him on waivers, the Marlins addressed one of their needs. They claimed the 30-year-old hoping he could regain the form he showed back in 2018, when he made the All-Star team and hit 25 doubles, 35 home runs, and drove in 108 runs.