New MBP boot/sleep issues

I have a new 15" MBP and it occasionally has issues booting where it will get to the gray Apple screen and the spinning circle will freeze. Also when it has been asleep for a while (1+ hour) it will almost always freeze when trying to wakeup. If I force it to sleep or close the lid and immediately revive it, it always works. Is there anything I can try to do to diagnose the issue? I took it to the Apple store and they ran a drive repair and we couldn't reproduce the issue. It did it again on the first boot once I got home.
Thanks in advance.

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