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MAILBAG • Twice a month at BaseballAmerica.com, subscribers get exclusive access to BA writers to ask any question they want. Below are BA Mailbag excerpts from April.

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True passion for coaching • Amanda Kamekona is the Guardians organization’s first woman on-field coach

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PRACTICING GRATITUDE • Darnell McDonald found happiness at end of long, winding road in baseball

Trap Toon

GOING AT FULL TILT • MLB initiatives to improve pace of play and shorten game times worked like a charm in April

BREAKOUT PROSPECTS • BA fantasy team members choose up-arrow prospects they covet in deep dynasty leagues

THE COMING REVOLUTION • In the 21st century, data has revolutionized how baseball teams work and operate. Is artificial intelligence going to transform baseball again?

MEET THE POTENTIAL SCOUTING DIRECTOR OF THE FUTURE

THE COMING REVOLUTION

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAKES ITS PITCH TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • We asked ChatGPT how AI could help MLB organizations develop players. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022.

UNDERSTANDING PITCH CLASSIFICATION

KEY TERMS

SURGE OF THE SLIDER • Examining the reasons why the slider has surged in popularity in the pitch-tracking era

ORGANIZATION REPORTS

DEPARTMENTS

PROSPECTS WITH PURPOSE • More than a dozen rookies could qualify their clubs for potential Prospect Promotion Incentive draft picks

PPI: TAKING STOCK OF YEAR ONE

UP TO THE CHALLENGE • Padres 16-year-old catcher Ethan Salas shows attributes that mark him as a potential superstar

BEST TOOLS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES

READ IT HERE FIRST • Ten prospects poised for a big year after standing out to scouts in minor league spring training

MID-MAJOR SUCCESS STORY • In a period of firsts for Campbell, the Camels enter an era of expectations

ZACH NETO SPEEDS TO EARLY MLB ARRIVAL

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ • Six draft prospects with helium at the Boras Classic

CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE NHSI

HEAD OF THE CLASS • Comparing and contrasting the candidates for the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft

THE NEXT WAVE • Five international free agents who signed in January with the potential to stand out this season

PEPITONE POWERED YANKEES IN WANING DAYS OF ’60s DYNASTY

SPRING CLEANING • Extended spring training has outlived its usefulness to MLB clubs