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I think it is a good sign that Ackley is slapping singles and drawing walks in AAA. One can only imagine what an ego blow the whole thing is, and how tempting it would be to try to smack some macho HRs to cover himself. Instead he is doing the right thing for his game, working on contact and plate discipline. It shows a lot of self-confidence IMO.
Along with the willingness to jump around the diamond to difficult positions, basically patching holes in the org wherever he is needed...really have to love this guy. It'll be 10x more rewarding if he gets it going after all this struggle than if he'd just taken the league by storm from the beginning (not that we'd be complaining if that had happened :)
Ackley in Tacoma:
2010 : 274/338/439
2011 : 303/421/487
2013 : 365/472/500