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Cardinals' Randal Grichuk: Three homers in five games

Grichuk went 2-for-3 with a double, a solo homer and a walk against the Mets on Wednesday.

Analysis:

He's now smashed three homers among six hits in his last five starts and has in fact homered five times while raising his OPS by 71 points over a two-week span since being recalled from Triple-A. Grichuk has also been whiffing prolifically, though -- in that same time, he's struck out 15 times in 40 at-bats, and Wednesday's walk was his first in August. The 25-year-old is due some positive regression in batting average (still just .231) as his BABIP continues normalizing, but there's a cap on how much he can improve as long as his plate discipline remains so raw. Unfortunately, he hasn't shown any more patience in the minors than in the majors.

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