slow starter

Notorious slow starter Julio Rodriguez starting to fully emerge.

Reserve Norman Powell, regularly a slow starter offensively, is off to the most promising offensive start to his career while making 45% of his three-pointers and becoming a trusted member of closing lineups.

And this is a guy who has a track record of being a slow starter.

He has been a slow starter in the spring during his previous five full seasons in the majors, with a career .761 OPS before the All-Star break.

A notoriously slow starter, Turner batted .259 with two home runs and a .723 OPS in April.