Carter Aldrete’s promising start for Squirrels
Fred Jeter | 4/20/2023, 6 p.m.
From the same college that produced the likes of Reggie Jackson and Barry Bonds comes Carter Aldrete.
Jackson and Bonds became two of the greatest sluggers in baseball history after fine-tuning their swings at Arizona State University.
Aldrete, the current infield player for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, was the San Francisco Giants 15th round pick in 2018, out of the same ASU.
The Pac-12 school in Tempe has produced some 114 ballplayers who made their way to the big leagues.
Aldrete, who’d like to be 115th, or thereabouts, is off to a promising start for the Squirrels, who started the current homestand 5-4.
A 6-foot-1, 200-pound right-hander from Monterey, Calif., Aldrete was hitting .308 (8-for-26) with two homers and four runs batted in to start the week.
His father, Richard, played nine seasons in the minor leagues. Uncle Mike Aldrete played in the majors from 1986 to 1996 and is currently the first base coach for Oakland.
