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[and started playing American football in elementary] As this about an American playing in an American league, refer to the sport as football and wikilink it to American football.
[to postpone future free agency and arbitration] Perhaps link to a source explaining how arbitration works in baseball?
Done Changed to to allow the Diamondbacks to retain his original contract for a longer period of time, as that was the central issue. — GhostRiver15:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
[His difficulties in July and August] You refer to difficulties in August, but haven't really established those yet. It was implied by the line about his season turning on July 20, but could you clarify that his bad form lasted through the whole season after that?
[who transitioned well from the starting rotation to the bullpen] Switch to something like "who was praised for a successful transition from the starting rotation to the bullpen", to make it clear that this is not a POV statement.
Nice work, not many issues. As I'm not American, there's always the possibility that a turn of phrase that looks wrong to me is actually correct usage in the US. Feel free to disregard my suggestions in those cases. I'll await your response.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 22:34, 22 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Done Changed to gridiron football with the WL — GhostRiver 15:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC)