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There is a place for guys like Jebb if they can hit and get on base. Arraez and Kwan illustrate that. It is way too early to think Jebb is one of those guys but I like an offense that has a variety of hitters. I want high OBP guys that are on for the more powerful hitters. Those are the guys that drive comebacks and strong offenses.

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Arraez and Kwan are both posting average exit velos around 86mph. That's exactly where guys like Jose Altuve and Xander Bogerts are at these days. Low, for sure, but hardly an outliers.

What makes them poor comps is that they make more contact *and* hit the ball the ball harder than Mitch Jebb.

Using them as comps is the equivalent of saying Jamie Moyer succeeded with an 85mph fastball so I should be given a shot throwing 82 (yes that's what I maxed out at in HS everyone be impressed).

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Which is why I wrote “it is way too early to say Jebb is one of those guys…”

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Another guy I wanted to note, Po-Yu Chen is on a bit of a run. 7.98 ERA in April, 4.38 in May, 2.95 ERA in June, and 1.29 in his one July start.

2.64 ERA from his May 26th start through his July 5th start. Benn going up against some of the better offenses too.

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Gonna be a process for him. FB is very hittable so he has rely on command and mixing pitches.

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Gonna be dependent on his sequencing and tunneling of his 12 pitches.

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Dropped a couple, eh?

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He figured he'd let Honeywell have the 15 pitch mark

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