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I guess it's up to Ackley now. If he truly does have the talent to exist as a plus hitter in the majors, it's up to him to make the adjustments necessary to get back to that level. What worries me is that he's spent so much time in the majors already. However, there are recent historical precedents in Alex Gordon and Chris Davis as guys that spent significant amounts of time in the majors with underwhelming results before finally fixing what ailed 'em in the minors. Then you have the Mariners' own Raul Ibanez bouncing back and forth between Tacoma and Seattle before finally finding a major league home in Kansas City. That's a sort-of applicable example.