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Adam Frazier Takes Advantage of Limited Opportunities

Adam Frazier began the season on the disabled list before making the jump to Double-A on May 6th. Before his injury in Spring Training, it was widely thought that Frazier would make a bid at becoming the starting shortstop or second baseman for the Altoona Curve. It seemed as though the timing would have been perfect for Frazier and come up to take the starting shortstop job from Gift Ngoepe, since Gift was struggling from the plate at the beginning of the year. The problem was that Ngoepe went on a run from the end of April through May, batting well over .