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Start No. 3 for Trevor Williams this spring began with another leadoff home run, an issue which plagued him in 2023 and has continued early in the process this year.

“It’s become an unfortunate trend,” Williams acknowledged last July, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.

“I should just give up one in the bullpen before the game and go from there,” he joked.

Williams, who’ll turn 32 this April, put up a 5.55 ERA, 5.98 FIP, 53 walks, and 111 strikeouts, with an NL-leading 34 homers allowed last year, and a .