One thing stood out with Sosa, he's got the glove, compact swing, power, but if he doesn't develop better plate discipline, he's gonna be no more than a utility man, he was chasing pitches out of the zone all night.
Meanwhile, I'm cautiously optimistic with Nick, he took a tough walk, another free swinger whose future depends on improving plate discipline, and so far he has, though he still struggles with that breaking ball low and away.
Problem is with video and analytics, tendencies that might have taken a year or two for opposing pitchers to recognize and exploit are now targeted within weeks or months. It's like blood in the water, show a weakness and pitchers will attack you until you show you can adjust, whether it's high FBs, breaking balls away, slow curves, etc.
The good news so far is it looks like Bohm and Stott have really worked on their hitting, they are not just putting up good numbers, but looking good doing so. Nice to finally have some 1st rd picks deliver.
