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His talent is intriguing and frustrating in turn. He’s still young, but he’s also rapidly approaching the point where his troubles can not be attributed to inexperience... Mike Zunino has never had a more important season.
He is at once out of chances, and being presented with his first honest opportunity in years. The chance to improve his game, to redeem his high draft pick and prospect status, to demonstrate that he belongs in the Show. Zunino apologists have often pointed to how quickly he was rushed to the majors as a developmental setback he had neither the opportunity nor the skill to correct on his own.