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re: What’s wrong with Bregman?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:04 am to Safety Blitz
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:04 am to Safety Blitz
The entire astros team is starting slow.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:17 am to Safety Blitz
Too woke
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:20 am to JimTiger72
well thats obvious, though...
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:23 am to Safety Blitz
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What’s wrong with Bregman?
Baseball is pretty hard.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:25 am to Safety Blitz
It’s not uncommon for 30 year old athletes to start to decline. Statistically, mid to late 20’s is when they reach their peak.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:09 am to Safety Blitz
He is probably not wanting to be there anymore in Houston. Mind isn't there.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:12 am to Safety Blitz
If only we had stats to definitely prove he's stared slow his whole career...
... OH WAIT!
... OH WAIT!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:26 am to SaveFarris
Have you seen Paul Goldschmidt’s numbers so far this season?
He’s batting.195
He’s batting.195
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:36 am to Safety Blitz
For whatever reason, his timing appears way off. Could be anything - picking up the ball, injury we don’t know about or declining skills. Obviously his power numbers, including percentage of hard hit balls, are way down.
He’s trying to drive a lot of pitches on the outer third pull side and simply can’t. He’s popping out a lot or making weak contact. He can’t barrel up those pitches. Needs to go oppo more and worry less about pull side HR power - at least until he figures things out with his swing.
He is a notorious slow starter, and that might have something to do with it. However, he also has a history of injuries and has played a lot more baseball than most major leaguers the last seven years. Maybe it’s all finally catching up. Regardless, it comes at a bad time for him, because there’s no way any team is going to give him the contract Scott Boras was looking for, given his performance so far this year.
He’s trying to drive a lot of pitches on the outer third pull side and simply can’t. He’s popping out a lot or making weak contact. He can’t barrel up those pitches. Needs to go oppo more and worry less about pull side HR power - at least until he figures things out with his swing.
He is a notorious slow starter, and that might have something to do with it. However, he also has a history of injuries and has played a lot more baseball than most major leaguers the last seven years. Maybe it’s all finally catching up. Regardless, it comes at a bad time for him, because there’s no way any team is going to give him the contract Scott Boras was looking for, given his performance so far this year.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 9:42 am
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:46 am to Safety Blitz
He got married
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:08 am to TigerWoodlands
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I think the recent uptick in pitch velocity across the majors is giving him problems.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:10 am to Safety Blitz
He gained 20 lbs and is pressing in a contract year. Also focused on outside businesses.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:31 am to tzimme4
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He plays for the Astros
You misspelled "CHEATstros"
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:36 am to Safety Blitz
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What’s wrong with Bregman?
TDS
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:44 am to JimTiger72
Astros always start slow. They will still win the West and currently still have the 5 best World Series odds
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:46 am to PlacerCoTiger
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He’s trying to drive a lot of pitches on the outer third pull side and simply can’t. He’s popping out a lot or making weak contact. He can’t barrel up those pitches. Needs to go oppo more and worry less about pull side HR power - at least until he figures things out with his swing.
This is the right answer
Professional hitters that go with the pitch don't get the big contracts unless they have power to all fields, which Bregman does not.
Much easier to pitch to a guy when he's trying to hit the ball to one field.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:48 am to Safety Blitz
It's harder when ur not cheating 
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:23 am to dallastiger55
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Astros always start slow. They will still win the West
They have 12 wins & they’re 8 games back in the West. They’ve got to start going at some point.
2-4 start to the month of May isn’t great
Posted on 5/8/24 at 11:53 am to JimTiger72
This team has been a sub .500 team since last over the period of games going back to last June. They’re not that good at this point. It’s a flawed team. It’s not the team from 2017-22.
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