BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions
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It’s hard to write about baseball in April because not much means much at this very early hour. So, the writer asks, why not let readers assign the topics and make things easier? Why not indeed. Let’s do a reader mailbag.
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The season is early--especially on the minor league side. Still, what are your three positives and negatives so far? I'll give you mine:
Major league side
Positives
1. Victor Scott's overall improvement
2. Jordan Walker's overall improvement (offense has work to do but overall I have liked his approach)
3. Ivan Herrera's offense (too bad he is going to be on the shelf for a while)
Negatives
1. Willson Contreras's futility at the plate. What gives?
2. Can the starting pitching hold up enough to be remotely competitive?
3. Can Herrera be the long term answer behind the plate? His injury seems only to further cloud the future backstop position along with throwing issues.
Minor league side (top 2)
Positives:
1. Chase Davis. It seems like the changes he made last year are legit. The teams needs OFs. Hooray!
2. Jimmy Crooks seems to be adjusting to AAA just fine. Is he the backstop of the future?
Negatves:
1. Quinn Mathews: Is he healthy?
2 (tie) Not healthy again are Cooper Hjerpe and Tink Hence. They are giving me Alex Reyes vibes at this point.
What's the reasonable best case scenario for how Miles Mikolas's season goes?