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Tatis is an extremely good player, and will be for awhile, but he will be due for some regression. His xBA is at .258, while he's hitting .326. His BABIP is .417. His xSLG is .484, his actual SLG is .607. He is still only 20 though, and if he put up a .900 OPS at SS once regression hits, it is still freakishly good. Once (if) he starts cutting his K% down and he stays healthy he will be one of the Top 5-10 players in MLB every single season.

Did something change with Zack Collins after his demotion? His approach, hands, stance, anything? If so what did he do? His K% has continued to go down since the demotion, and the results have been pretty encouraging so far. I realize 17 games and 74 PA are a small sample size, but Collins had never had a month in his time in the Sox minor league system where his K% was under 20.4%. In fact in the 15 months (I put Aug/Sept together) of playing games in the Sox system, 9 of those 15 months he had over a 30% K rate, including all of his last 6 months. I hope he changed something or fixed an issue he had, because if he could take his K rate under 18% consistently he would be a damn good piece for the rebuild. Since his demotion (17 G) Collins has the following line: .322/.446/.525, .971 OPS, .203 ISO, 152 wRC+, .370 BABIP, 16.2% BB%, 16.2% K%. 2 HRs, 6 2Bs, 59 ABs, 17 RBI. In his last 14 games his #s are .347/.450/.571, 1.021 OPS, .224 ISO, 161 wRC+, .375 BABIP, 13.3% BB%, 13.3% K%. 2 HRs, 5 2Bs, 49 ABs, 15 RBI. In just AA/AAA the past 2 seasons here are his K%, BB%, wRC+,BABIP. AVG/OBP/SLG, OPS:

Vaughn now 2/2 with 2 2Bs.

Vaughn RBI 2B oppo

Madrigal worked a nice 8 pitch BB in the 10th.

Pilkington 6 IP 3 H 2 BB 7 K 2 ER

Walker 1B, BB. Vaughn BB, K. In his last 24 games that gives Vaughn 16 BB against 18 K.

1B for Vaughn

There were 3 qualified hitters in MLB last year who had under a 10% K Rate. Yes he's a unicorn.

Sheets HR

Collins in 13 games since being demoted to AAA for Wellington Castillo: .383/.474/.574, 1.048 OPS, 170 wRC+, 14.0 BB%, 17.5 K%, 6 2Bs, 1 HR, 8 BB, 10 K, 16 RBI, 7 R. If Collins could keep his K rate around 20% I would be ecstatic.

Sheets 2 BB

Robert with another 1B

Madrigal with a single. 10 game hitting streak. He's got a hit in 26 of his last 27 AA games.

Steele Walker HR

Hunter Schryver with a nice AAA debut 1 IP 3 K

Collins 2B. Madrigal 1B, then steals 2nd and 3rd.

Madrigal K

I agree with the settles at 10 HRs when he's 27/28. I see him around about 300/360/410 every year, with great D, and above average base running. FYI Podsednik's ISO in the minors were fairly similar to what Madrigal's are now. I doubt we see the dip in Madrigal's ISO in his age 23 season or whenever he moves to AAA/MLB. Their AA #s are vastly different though. 1994 - .057 1995 - .012 1996 - .034 1997 - .075 (21 y/o) 1998 - .101 (22 y/o) 1999 - .045 (23 y/o) 2000 - .100 (24 y/o) 2001 - .119 (25 y/o) Madrigal 2018 - .045 (21 y/o) 2019 - .111 (22 y/o) Pods at AA (360 ABs) - 217/297/292. 589 OPS Madrigal at AA (131 ABs) - 366/432/489. 920 OPS

If he's throwing 98 with that curve, look out. Coming into the season it said he sat low 90s and could reach 96.

Yolbert Sanchez https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa3011471&position=SS

Vaughn with another 2B. 2/5, 2 2Bs, RBI tonight.