I’ve been surprised at his poor defense too. He simply missed a catchable line drive in the Yankees series - appeared to come in too far & it sailed past him … looked really bad on TV.
I understand that he’s super talented but extremely young & inexperienced. Hopefully, he will get hot with the bat soon - he appears to be lacking confidence recently.
Long-term, I believe he will be a very good player. It makes sense that 2024 was going to be a learning year - but overall, I’ve been a little underwhelmed … probably because of all the fanfare before he arrived.
You can tell he never played in AAA.