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Is It Too Soon to Give Up on Yasiel Puig?

He's coming back.

After the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Yasiel Puig to AAA for both performance and attitude reasons, the young right fielder is set to rejoin the team after being called up on Thursday.

In 19 games at Oklahoma City, Puig hit .348/.400/.594 with 4 homers, 12 runs scored, and 12 RBI. Clearly, his talent level is such that AAA pitching really holds no challenge for him. Of course, Major League pitching has been a different story for him over the last few years.

Prior to being sent down, Puig had batted .