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Yep... It's early and ratios are all a flutter.

He had a cold start in the minors at one point. What do we do with that? Can we get back to complaining about Holliday? I was on the Ortiz > Westburg wagon. Thought both were going to be good, but like Ortiz' defense better. I'm not surprised or disappointed.

Not to be confused with the yesterday before that. Or even the first yesterday...

He had a 2B last yesterday. XBH and OBP will be interesting for him.

A year or two ago Elias said something to the effect of liking to promote a guy later in the season so he can get a taste of the competition, experience struggles/failure, and have something to work for in the offseason. Maybe that's what we're seeing here.

I was waiting for you to say something!

Zimmermann is on the 40-man. He's my guess.

Swords up! I wonder how many swords Grayson has today?

Wow... 3 more times only scoring once too.

They've got him in a dark room in front of a spotlight grulling him for industry secrets! "Tell us what we want to know about the Sigbot!"

And yet he struggled early while taking his walks. I'm not saying you're wrong. He could very well add BB% to his bag of tricks. But if this is the best version of himself, then I still consider him elite.

Fair point about the excessive exuberance after Charlotte. But I'm still taking Norfolk!

It's just a quibble over an imperative 'need'. Would a higher walk rate help him? All things being equal, absolutely. But what if there's a trade off? Maybe less aggressive swings lead to lower EV and less SLG?

Need? Tatis, Riley, Seager, Witt, Julio... all Gunnar adjacent or worse BB%. Nice to have to make him "more elite", sure.

In other news, so has Forrest Whitley...

There was chatter a few years back about signing Correa. Enos/Rates and Barrels just comped/projected Westburg's offense as Correa with more steals.

His 2023-24 spray chart looks pull heavy.

I had at least one in there myself. And I'm usually more reserved...

I enjoyed the green fry dip exchange. Ben, the true red-blooded country Cajun, wanted nothing to do with the green fry dip. KB is the chirpa of culinary progress!

Fish in a barrel.

I agree with this. Needs? Maybe/maybe not. I'm probably splitting hairs, but good swing decisions and barrels are his game. Whether or not that leads to walks is something else. He had a few bad PAs in Boston (maybe more, but those stick out), but he's been in control of the zone in general.

He was a victim of defensive shifting. And then it got in his head. Now we are playing to his strengths.

K% is a thing. But low BB% is better. Weak EV is best?

Mullins is swinging the bat well right now. His LD rate is up and his PU rate is down. If that continues, he's in for a really good offensive year. The last time he was able to keep his PU rate down this low was 2021. K% is a small question mark. But if it comes with power in the 6 or 7 spot, I'll take it. It's a SSS and can regress quickly. But we're now seeing what we've wanted to see the last 2 years.

Gunnar got 2 months. But who knows how much longer because that's all it took.