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Hard work paying off for Triston McKenzie ahead of Indians debut

“A lot of it is just hard work, practice, and repetition.”

That’s the advice Triston McKenzie gave to a member of the Boys and Girls club about how to be good at baseball. “I think that that’s how I got to where I’m at now, and I think that’s how all the guys that you see on TV — I think that’s how they got to where they are at, and they still work to this day.”

The 2015 first-round draft pick dazzled scouts and fans alike as he surged through the Indians’ system. He opened his career with a 0.