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Don’t put too much stock into Spring Training numbers. Instead view the Quality of the At Bats when it pertains to Marlins Hitters. Left Fielder Corey Dickerson will be the first to tell ya that the wild 2020 60-Game Season threw a Curveball into his performance a year ago (Year 1 of his 2 Year 17.5 Million Dollar Contract). The quality of his At Bats last Season were certainly not bad (even with subpar results), but I remember the Spring of ’20, a pre-pandemic Dickerson beginning his first Camp in Jupiter. The “Quality” is night and day difference from this year to last in those Spring AB’s, with a lot shorter/different approach at the Plate. Corey Dickerson is in a Contract Year, as he’ll be a Free-Agent following the Season, and he could be in store for another nice pay day if he keeps this up. Not to mention his Left-Handed presence would only be magnified in a mostly Right-Handed Marlins’ Lineup.



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Speaking of Right-Handers, you had Broadcasters from St. Louis say Elieser Hernandez’s Start on Saturday was the Best they’ve seen this Spring”. Hernandez, who’s a lock in this Rotation, is coming off a Breakthrough of sorts in 2020. It was only 6 Starts worth (as Elieser’s Season was cut short with a Strained Lat Muscle), but those six 2020 Starts were the best of the 25 Year Old’s Big League Career, as he pitched to a 3.16 ERA, 34 Strikeouts in 25.2 Innings. We forget Hernandez's best Off-Speed Pitch when coming over to the Marlins in 2018 was a Changeup, which he had kind of abandoned the last 2 years to develop the nasty breaking-ball he now features. Elieser Hernandez has brought the Changeup back this Spring with a vengeance, which could make him even deadlier in 2021. So as long as Health remains, 131.1 Innings is the most the Young Righthander has Pitched in a Pro-Season, accomplished in 2019.    

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