Growing Pains, Opportunity, Triple-A Power Surges & Pitchers to Target

Eno and DVR discuss the challenging balance of giving young left-handed hitters ample opportunities against same-handed pitching, a few interesting power surges from hitters at Triple-A, pitchers that have underperformed through the first two months relative to the Pitching Plus model, and more. 

Rundown

-- Jazz Chisholm Jr. v. Lefties

-- Noise in the Very Limited Split Samples

-- Jesús Sánchez & Growing Pains

-- Nolan Gorman & Future Strikeout Rates

-- Luis García and Triple-A Power Surges

-- The Tigers' Lack of Hard Contact

-- Pitching Plus Targets (Current Underperformers)

-- Bat Fitting Like Golf Clubs?

-- How Are Taylor and Tyler Rogers *So* Different?

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