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New Cubs third baseman Isaac Paredes has a unique hitting profile. Entering Saturday’s game against the Cardinals, Paredes had struck out only 15.9% of the time with just a 29.7% groundball rate. A dead pull hitter, he was hitting the ball to left or center field at an 86.1% clip, with all 16 of his home runs going to left.
Hitting coach Dustin Kelly is looking forward to working more with Paredes, who was acquired Sunday from the Rays for a package headlined by Christopher Morel.