The reason the World Series expectations are legitimate is that this roster is quite good. To hear Giolito say it, it's "very, very good."
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Witt was actually selected one pick ahead of Vaughn in the 2019 draft, and there's been at least as much spring buzz about his potential. He's a consensus top-10 prospect, a power/speed combo player who hasn't struggled a bit during exhibition play, launching three homers over his first 14 games. Witt has done some of his best work against legit major league talents, too...
"He can take advantage of it," Rojas said. "I know he's not doing it in game with the adrenaline rush that you can have when you're facing another uniform and you're playing behind one of your pitchers, and different things like that. Today, he had a really good session with Tony Tarasco, where Tony was standing right behind him and they were challenging each other who gets a better read. There's a lot of good teaching when that happens.
Atlanta, NL East champion, +140: Of all the division champs, Atlanta may be the best bet in terms of likelihood plus value. The Brewers, at +340, aren't far behind. Sleeper: Kansas City at +4000. Not saying the Royals are going to win a very competitive AL Central. But the same price as Detroit, Arizona and San Francisco? That's silly.
4) Thairo Estrada had an opposite-field bomb to put three runs on the board in the top of the third inning. Estrada needed that in a 1-for-3 day with two runs scored, as he's hitting just .190 this spring.
In his first two seasons, the lefty made 56 starts and put up a 4.14 ERA. Last year, he allowed five runs in 5.2 innings pitched.
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