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White Sox rookie first baseman Jose Abreu came to major league baseball with some hype, as many Cubans do, but there wasnt any expectation for the kind of first month that hes enjoying. 27-years-old with a power-hitters build (listed at 6-foot-3, 255 pounds), Abreu has roared into the majors, with 10 home runs, 31 RBI, a .262 batting average and .962 OPS in his first 26 games. As with any one-month sample, these numbers arent sustainable, but what is fair to expect from Abreu? For one thing, his batting average on balls in play is .246, which is well below average, so it would be fair to expect his batting average to go up as a few more balls fall in, but hes also had a major-league best 33.3% of his flyballs leave the park, which isnt going to hold. Over the past five seasons, there have been two seasons in which a player finished with more than 27% of his flyballs turning into home runs -- Adam Dunn in 2012 (29.3%) and Chris Davis in 2013 (29.6%) -- so Abreu is most likely to fall off his current 62-home run pace. No, seriously. What will bear watching with Abreu is how pitchers adjust to him as he makes his way through the league. He swings at a lot of pitches out of the strike zone and hes already seeing among thelowest percentage of strikes when hes at the plate, so pitchers are learning. Its also interesting to note that, thus far, while Abreu destroys fastballs and sliders, hes struggled with change-ups. If thats the scouting report, surely hell start seeing more change-ups, if just to affect his timing. At this point, 14.5% of the pitches Abreu has faced have been change-ups; it will be interesting to see if that number increases over the next month or more. None of this anticipated regression should come as a surprise, merely as a caution. Baseball tends to catch up to sluggers, especially ones that are willing to expand their strike zone by swinging freely. GOOD ADDS (available in at least 40% of TSN leagues) Nick Castellanos, 3B, Detroit - 3 HR, 13 RBI, .258 AVG, 7 R, 66 AB (Available: 71.6%) Dioner Navarro, C, Toronto - 1 HR, 14 RBI, .309 AVG, 11 R, 81 AB (Available: 89.6%) Alberto Callaspo, 3B/2B, Oakland - 3 HR, 13 RBI, .272 AVG, 9 R, 81 AB (Available: 74.6%) Casey McGehee, 3B, Miami - 0 HR, 16 RBI, .287 AVG, 5 R, 94 AB (Available: 75.8%) Dillon Gee, RHP, N.Y. Mets - 2-1, 2.88 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 27 K, 40 2/3 IP (Available: 65.7%) Ian Kennedy, RHP, San Diego - 2-3, 3.16 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 37 K, 37 IP (Available: 76.2%) CLOSER NOTES The Angels have demoted Ernesto Frieri, leaving side-arming veteran Joe Smith for the role. Smith, 30, recorded the first three saves of his career last season for Cleveland. 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No, they werent devastating.The former UFC heavyweight champion received winning scores of 48-47, 49-46, 49-46 from the judges Saturday night at US Airways Center in the first UFC event in Arizona.Dos Santos (17-3) was a 5-to-1 favourite, but Miocic (12-2) made it difficult on the Brazilian for five back-and-forth rounds. In the end, dos Santos consistency in landing straight right hands and left hooks looked to make the difference.Miocic, a part-time firefighter from Cleveland, clearly thought it was a closer fight, immediately leaving the cage upon hearing the decision.Miocic is a great, great opponent, dos Santos said. Man, that was a tough fight. Its good to come back. It makes me feel how tough it is in order to be the No. 1 in the world.Another shot at the UFC heavyweight title belt that dos Santos wants may be in the offing, whether its against champion Cain Velasquez, who dos Santos has lost to twice, or interim champ Fabricio Werdum, who dos Santos knocked out six years ago.UFC President Dana White, though, wasnt too convinced.I dont know where exactly this puts him (in the heavyweight division), White said about dos Santos. I thought that he won the fight, but let me tell you what, he slowed down a lot. He took some big shots tonight. His eyes start to swell up, his cheeks starts to swell up and that was early in the fight. If that was a three-round fight, Stipe wins the fight.Dos Santos was able to thwart Miociccs repeated takedown attempts for most of the bout.dddddddddddd Miocic found success with lunging left hooks that landed as dos Santos tried to back away.He was trying to take me down all the time, that was a surprise to me, dos Santos said. Normally he doesnt do that. He has really good boxing skills. And you can see that with my face.Miocic seemed to be getting stronger as the fight wore on, landing straight rights that deformed dos Santos cheekbones.Dos Santos did drop Miocic to the canvas in the third round with a short left that caught Miocic coming in close to finish a combination.The fifth round was a summary of the entire fight, an action-packing round that left the fighters faces bruised and bloody and the crowd wanting more.Saturdays heavyweight-dominated main card didnt disappoint those looking for first-round finishes.It started with Matt Mitriones TKO of Gabriel Gonzaga 1:49 into the fight. It was Mitriones third straight first-round knockout win. Then Alistair Overeem (38-14, 1 no contest) took care of Stefan Struve (29-7) at 4:13 via TKO (punches) in the battle between Dutch giants.Other notables: 2008 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medallist Henry Cejudo (7-0), a Phoenix native, won his UFC debut with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Dustin Kimura (12-3) of Honolulu in a bantamweight bout on the preliminary card. Lightweight fighter Jamie Varner (21-11-1, 2 no contests), also a Phoenix native, retired in the octagon after losing to underdog Drew Dober (15-6) of Omaha, Nebraska, by submission (rear naked choke) 1:52 into the first round. ' ' '