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Early Season Observations from the Farm

Shay Whitcomb - Whitcomb came out of the gates red-hot with the bat including an early four hit game, but has an alarming K/BB ratio at present. This is at odds with his amateur track record and should normalize, but is worth monitoring

Nerio Rodriguez - The big catcher leads qualified Woodpeckers in wRC+, and has an absurd 31.7% BB rate in the early going. The passivity doesn’t seem to be holding him back at the plate at all either, as he’s hitting .327 with some pop as well. He’s an under the radar guy but likely won’t remain that way if he can maintain something resembling this pace.