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Just wondering: Why do you discount his 60 BB in 431 AB in A+ ball (93 points ISO patience)? High Desert may boost the SLG (though now the .473 he put up there looks legit), but does it make walks illusory?
Remember, after High Desert he was pushed up the ladder outside his comfort zone (20 yrs old in AA, etc.). He didn't really catch up to an age-appropriate level until he was back in AAA this spring at 23. And there he was with 11 BB in 80 AB and 93 points of ISO patience again (11:17 eye ratio).
Taro is dead-on that he's not a late-bloomer in lots of ways, but I think he might be a later-bloomer in terms of eye. And the "didn't focus on just baseball till after high school" element may be a key to that.