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;- ) He has a big leg kick, a big bat wrap, and a natural loop to knee-high.
His hot/cold zone results also reflect this.
When lefties come in with meatballs, he'll lose the ball quick. The question -- not in my mind, but in scouts' too -- is whether he can cover the strike zone up and down, and back to front. Especially when the Sonny Grays and Jeff Samardzijas have a chance to really prep up for him before a 14-AB, 3-game series.
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Right, he might be better than what we got in any case. I'm mostly arguing, don't trade Taijuan for this guy and then pencil in a big statline. Used more judiciously, against mostly lefties, he'd be cool.
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