{"id":678087,"date":"2026-04-18T03:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:18:19","slug":"nationals-andres-chaparro-letting-hair-grow-on-hoped-for-path-back-to-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678087\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals&#8217; Andres Chaparro letting hair grow on hoped-for path back to MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 Andres Chaparro is quite the sight to behold on the baseball diamond.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s always been a hefty fella, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/washington-nationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals<\/a>&#8216; Triple-A slugger has added some long flowing hair to the look, and he&#8217;s also rocking his high socks above his knees.<\/p>\n<p>It makes for a conspicuous presence, even in a sparsely populated Rochester ballpark for a Friday night doubleheader against the Buffalo Bison (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Chaparro is also quite noticeable when he launches a long home run deep and gone to left field, as he did in his first at bat of the second game of the doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today&#8217;s ESL plays of the game goes to Andr\u00e9s Chaparro and YoYo Morales for their back-to-back homers!! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Presented by: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLFCU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@ESLFCU<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CH7o6zVd27\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CH7o6zVd27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rochester Red Wings (@RocRedWings) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocRedWings\/status\/2045285901295579610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\/news\/blue-jays-prospect-charles-mcadoo-loud-bat-begging-call\/d3d279dc72bbc0c382766183\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This Blue Jays prospect is related to an NBA Hall of Famer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chaparro homered earlier this week against Trey Yesavage, the Blue Jays&#8217; phenom who is rehabbing on his way back from injury, so it&#8217;s been a quality stretch of swings.<\/p>\n<p>This is a guy who broke into MLB already but struggled with plate discipline and couldn&#8217;t turn his combination of contact-making and power into consistent enough productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Nats have had players pass Chaparro by. It&#8217;s not clear he has a defensive position, although he looked sharp in a couple of moments on Friday night playing third base before being the DH in game two.<\/p>\n<p>The bat will be the key, and maybe Chaparro is just one of those guys they call a Four-A hitter, capable of hitting at Triple-A but not so much in the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s not hiding his full energy at this point. He&#8217;s being Chaparro, long hair and all. And maybe that will pave his path back to the Nats.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 Andres Chaparro is quite the sight to behold on the baseball diamond. 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