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Posted on 5/23/21 at 1:32 pm to MOT
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Also Bregman hit 20 points lower in 2019 than he’s hitting now and was still a significantly more productive hitter.
Alex Bregman is a fantastic player. Baker wants him to be the right handed version of Brantley who hits in front of him. He has faltered in critical situations by trying to pull everything. All Dusty Baker wants him to do is hit. Why? Behind him is Alvarez who is a far better hitter than him and a natural run producer. In fact, Jose has as good of stats as Ted Williams had which is remarkable. Nobody in baseball is doing what he’s doing.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 1:37 pm to ell_13
You got it. It’s been quite the combination of “thank you Captain Obvious” and things that make no sense at all.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 1:40 pm to Tiger1988
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I present Alex Bregman in 2021. Note who his coach is. Look at his BA. He is hitting 20-30 points higher than his career average.
While it is early still, Baker has forced him to start hitting to all fields versus trying to lift and pull everything to the Crawford Boxes.
Baker is 100 years old, a figure head for a manager. He hasn't forced Bregman to do anything.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 2:09 pm to AlwysATgr
Just watch how fast he exits once the season is over
Posted on 5/23/21 at 2:11 pm to Tiger1988
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Crews has very few RBIs for a 3 hole hitter. Why?
Well, for one, he hit lead off for half the season. And two, he’s not the 3-hole hitter
Posted on 5/23/21 at 3:04 pm to 81Tiger
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Baker is 100 years old, a figure head for a manager. He hasn't forced Bregman to do anything.
Says the back swamp shrimp boot wearing Waterboy. You don’t know Dusty like people here do. I’ve watched this play out. I actually go to the games here and talk to people here. You watch a star line and TV.
Do you see all the crap in the dugout now? Dusty is a no bull shite coach and always have been that way. He ain’t about being woke either. He is about being a professional. Dude is in charge he and EVERYBODY knows abs sees it. He isn’t a cheer leader like we had. Frankly, you don’t know.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 5/23/21 at 3:18 pm to Tiger1988
For those wondering, Bregman had the worst season of his career last season under Baker, and even if you assume Baker’s advice didn’t start until this year he still isn’t the producer he was before he arrived.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 3:25 pm to MOT
To be fair, I’m sure it was an adjustment hitting without the trash cans.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 3:29 pm to ell_13
Posted on 5/23/21 at 4:02 pm to LesnarF5
good question I know it wasn't mine for sure
Posted on 5/23/21 at 4:13 pm to Lazy But Talented
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but why does everyone obsess over exit velocity all of a sudden?
No obsession.
I was at the game and when Crews hit it, let's just say it seemed to have something more than your garden variety HR. Just curious more than anything.
In person, that was among the three hardest hit balls I can recall:
Jose Canseco vs Detroit in Fenway circa mid-90s 440 ft.
Mahtook off Giles in Minutemaid in 2016?
Just wondering how hard it was hit.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 4:14 pm to Tiger1988
Ummm... I don't know if you're aware of this but dusty isn't the hitting coach.cAnd if you think Bregman is hitting better now then he was in 18-19 you're drunk. Bc his batting average is 20 points higher? Well his OPS is about 100 points lower than it was when he "had holes in his swing"
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:38 pm to Lazy But Talented
It’s a good hitter scouting and development tool. It doesn’t necessarily correlate to hits. More so to power projection. Many times launch angle is looked at in conjunction with exit velo.
Basically it’s a stat
That can tell you someone Has a high power capability even when perhaps all you see is line outs of fly outs (beloso)
Basically it’s a stat
That can tell you someone Has a high power capability even when perhaps all you see is line outs of fly outs (beloso)
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:46 pm to Mats86
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It doesn’t necessarily correlate to hits
Data says that it does
Posted on 5/23/21 at 6:11 pm to Lester Earl
Wow. Big difference between 95 and 96 mph.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 6:54 pm to Lester Earl
Perhaps what I should have said was a player who has a high exit velo doesn’t necessarily equate to a good batting average.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 7:00 pm to Mats86
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Perhaps what I should have said was a player who has a high exit velo doesn’t necessarily equate to a good batting average.
Over a large sample size it usually equals high power and/or batting average
Posted on 5/23/21 at 7:07 pm to Mats86
It really only doesn't if the hitter has a high strikeout or walk rate. You have to put the ball in play for exit velocity to mean anything at all. The exit velocity on a strikeout or walk is 0.
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 5/23/21 at 8:09 pm to Lester Earl
Hard hit rate does for sure. but high exit velo just means they can hit the ball hard.
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