While player dev isn't linear, that low Z-contact is a marker I hate to see. However, the fact that his contact rate and SLG are rising in tandem over the last two weeks is a great sign. Here is hoping that the quality and rate of contact is steadily improving as he settles in. I just need to see the contact rate stabilize in the 70% range before I'm ready to call him a Top 100 candidate. I also need to conceptualize the difference in player from last year to this year. It is night and day. He is really really interesting.
Still, his tools give him a ceiling that’s arguably top-3 in the system alongside Made and Pena.