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Braves Minor Recap: Big Day for Big Prospects

This game started out promising with Gwinnett going up 1-0 on the strength of Ozzie Albies first homer in AAA, and second overall on the season. The 19 year old, yikes 19 and in AAA unreal, struggled when he first came up hitting .091/.091/.091 through his first 5 games. He has since made the adjustments and in the next 5 games has hit .412/.412/.765. One of those adjustments is quite evident and that is he has been opening his hips extremely fast on inside pitches. AAA pitching has been pounding Albies on the inside of the plate challenging his ability to open up and get his bat on them and while he struggled early (seriously only 5 games) he's responded incredibly - just look at this GIF.