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“I played against Wisdom coming up,” Schwindel said. “We played in the same Double-A league, Triple-A league. He was just mashing it every year. He finally got a shot and now he’s showing everybody what he can do. He hits the ball as hard as anybody and as far as anybody, and is playing unbelievable defense. And Raffy (Ortega), every swing he takes looks like he’s going to do damage. He’s had some big homers for us.

“He’s won a lot of games in this league,” Pace said. “His decision-making, his intangibles, his leadership. … There are so many veteran players that have come up to me and have made comments about Andy Dalton and what he’s doing — in practices, in the locker room, in the huddle — all those little things that I think we’re going to see pay off as we get into the season. It’s more about Andy right now. We’re excited about Justin. I’m more excited than anybody. But we’re just going to let this thing play out.”

This doesn’t look like a kid showing off on Instagram; these are all professional photos, and it seems pretty clear that this account is managed by mom. I don’t know this woman well, and I’m pretty sure that if I were to contact her to say hey, I think this is icky and irresponsible, she would not take it well.