He's a slap hitter on a team that does a horrible job scoring runs and still he hasn't adjusted his approach despite being "supposedly" able to constantly light it up during BP.
He's a perfectly fine hitter, but he's not able to hit for any power. He's basically the inverse of Adam Dunn. Would you consider Adam Dunn a "great hitter"?
Now, I think Ichiro is a better player than Dunn because of his tremendous defense, base stealing, and his throwing arm, but as hitters, they are both flawed, albeit in different ways.
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