Sam Dykstra
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We saw Benj take off.
We saw McLean really take off when he focused on pitching.
Benj is now fully a hitter.
I think they still see some roadway ahead for him, for him to take off even further and not just be like โ
a good hit tool, above average power, 55s across the board.
Maybe a few of these other tools get to 60s as he's even more focused on hitting in his second full season.
Yeah, very different pitchers.
Jonah Tong has elite metrics on his fastball.
Obviously, everybody was making the Tim Lincecum comps.
But despite it being over the top like Trey Savage, he also gets really, really good extension.
So it's kind of a low release point.
And the fact that it's also rising or appears to be rising at the same time, batters don't know what to do with that.
He added some velocity last year.
The big development for Tong was changing the grip of his โ
Now, he had a Vulcan grip.
He stuck with that, but he moved the ball around slightly, got a lot more dip, a little bit more separation, made that into a plus pitch.
The bigger question is, you know, he has a north-south curveball, 12-6, just drop it in there.
That helps him play with that up-and-down game.
He doesn't really have a pitch to his glove side.
He has a slider, but it's not very good.