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  1. Bertz
    I'm curious where Alcantara's numbers are going to settle in at. The power spike has been paired with some extra swing and miss. That's pretty normal when a guy is on a heater (go look at Ian Happ's current #s right now), guys tend to let it rip when they're feeling really good at the plate. So is this just a simple hot streak that looks crazy because it's opening the season? Will both sets of numbers will even out with time? Kevin's also slashed his GB rate, is that change also just part of a heater or is it any more durable?
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    lol never change Tom
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    Oh hell yeah
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    Do we know what Mason McGwire is throwing? It feels like a bit of a Mule situation where despite being sround forever if he decided to break out now he'd still be extremely age appropriate.
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    Despite the strikeout another night where Hartshorn didn't whiff at all. Lovich's 0/4 4Ks night on the other hand roughly doubled his swinging strike rate. Though thankfully it only slid from great to "still quite good".
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    Yeah he appears to very much be a thing. I'm especially glad he was in the Breakout game now because we have some measurables on him. I always hate having to hedge on the lower level guys until we get some stuff data.
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    Hartshorn's swing rate is 37.3%. If he was an MLBer last year that would be second lowest in the league behind Juan Soto. I think if I was looking for nits to pick that's one I'd keep an eye on. Pitching is dire enough in Low A that you can probably do quite a bit of damage by just refusing to pull the bat off your shoulder. I'm thinking about James Wood, who had stellar K/BB numbers as a 19 year old in A ball leading into (ironically) the Juan Soto trade. James Wood had pedestrian contact numbers even then while Hartshorn's are quite good, so it's not apples to apples. Also I don't want to yadda yadda that Wood has turned out quite good. But just steeling myself for why/when Hartshorn's K/BB numbers likely go from insane to just good when he finally runs into pitchers with a little command.
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    Barnes is obviously one of the corresponding moves. I'm curious who else is going down. Roberts? Assad? An injury?
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    The fact that they're being so specific with their ETAs rather than annoyingly vague is a good sign IMO
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    I'm curious how much of this is Sanchez being a particular tough on lefties matchup and how much of this is a softening of the "Michael Busch is going to play every day" pre-season plan
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    I think I might have fallen into the same trap with Hendricks two years ago so I'm not full throated on this, but I think I'm more encouraged by the extra bats Taillon is missing than I am discouraged by everything else.
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    I don't know what the exact splits are but feels like he puts the ball on the ground a ton RHH. Pretty much the one nit to pick with him to this point.
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    I think with hitters it's a bit tougher to skip a level, but yeah they probably need to be aggressive in moving him up.
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    Speaking of old minor league rookies turning into a thing
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    I was literally coming here to ask about velo This feels like a situation worth monitoring
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    Yeah if he's still doing this as we get closer to 70 games rather than 7 he belongs on the "you can get there on your fingers and toes" part of a top prospect list.
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    Yeah, power's especially streaky though I'm not too worried about that until we get a good bit deeper.
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    It is understandably not going to get nearly as much ink, but Eli Lovich I see you
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    Hartshorn through 7 games: 37 PAs, 10 BB, 1 K, 3 XBH, 6 swings and misses Insanity
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    It'd be really cool if Owen Ayers just breezed through A+. As the age relative to league obsessed guy 25 years old at AA is not ideal but for a catcher it at least stops giving me the ick.
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    Great night for Naz. Wheat actually threw strikes in his first inning and started getting my hopes up as well, but his second inning went back to form.
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    Generally good news on a Shota day
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