06-25-2018, 02:26 PM
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#1754
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Diablo Negro
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Originally Posted by VAChief
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 This is so glaringly obvious watching the games.
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6. Adjust to a more aggressive hitting approach, or find a new batting coach. I’ve already talked and written about the Cardinals’ foolishly bad habit of watching too many called strikes go by overall — and especially on hitters’ favorites counts such as 2-0 and 3-1. Here’s more: the Cardinals have taken 55.3% of all pitches thrown to them this season, the fourth highest “take” rate in MLB, and second highest in the NL. And to put additional perspective on this, the 55.3% take rate would be the highest by a Cardinals team since 1993. Would someone like to explain the benefit of taking so many pitches? If it’s to get control of the count, fine — unless, of course, that follows with something stupid like watching a called strike on 2-0, or 2-1, or 3-1. And if you’re guessing that this take rate is a strategy to draw more walks and get more runners on base, well, it’s failing, The Cardinals’ current walk rate of 8.4% ranks 18th in the majors. That 8.4% walk rate would be the Cards’ seventh-lowest since 1996, a span of 23 seasons. Swing. The. Damn. Bat.
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This of all things is probably the easiest to fix. Swing. The.Damn. Bat. |
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