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Is Tim Anderson's Hot Start Sustainable? His New Approach Against Sliders Provides Some Answers

Tim Anderson has one of those classic April stat lines that makes early season baseball such a joy. Through play Friday, the White Sox shortstop is hitting .422/.439/.656 with four homers, three doubles, 12 RBI and one walk (ONE!) in 66 plate appearances. Much of this is nothing new. The pop? Anderson hit 20 homers in 606 plate appearances last year, and 17 in 606 trips to the plate in 2017. The dearth of walks? Also par for the course. Anderson’s career high in walk rate is 5%, and he came into this season with a career mark of 3.