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By The Numbers: Minor League Strike-outs Premium Story
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Are Carter's K numbers a source for concern?
Are Carter's K numbers a source for concern?
By Nathaniel Stoltz
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Date: Sep 3, 2010

For hitters, strikeouts are naturally pretty ugly. Jack Cust has plenty of detractors due to his propensity to accumulate whiffs. And there’s no question, a strikeout is a negative outcome. But like all negative outcomes in baseball, it happens, and it doesn’t necessarily indicate bad things when it does. But what does the strikeout mean for minor league hitters? It’s a complicated question.

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