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Reds' Noelvi Marte is Quietly Making Necessary Changes in Triple-A

Cincinnati Reds On SI·Zach Pressnell·17 days ago
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The Cincinnati Reds came into the season with high hopes for young outfielder Noelvi Marte, but he got off to a horrendous start in right field. Through 29 at-bats, Marte had four hits, all singles, with 10 strikeouts. To make matters worse, he was chasing at a 47.4 percent rate, which ranked him near the bottom of the league. He was getting a lot of strikes, but he wasn't swinging at the right pitches to hit, so a lot of his at-bats were uncompetitive. As a result, the Reds sent him to Triple-A to work on his approach. “The only thing I’m working on is pitches that I want to swing at,” Marte said on Wednesday, via interpreter Peterson Plaz. “If I’m able to do that, everything is going to play out.” At the Triple-A level, Marte is slashing .365/.426/.521 with three home runs, a triple, and four doubles while averaging over 90 miles per hour with his exit velocity.…

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