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Currently at Peoria. Looks like he has some serious power. In 115 career at-bats he has 6 HR’s and nearly half of his hits have been for extra bases. Might be worth keeping an eye on. Only 22 years old.
Power plays Michael. BA and K% are secondary to players with power.
MLB BA is .234 through yesterday, that’s a very low bar, but it’s how the game has evolved.
MLB K% is 24.3%, that’s not a typo. The average player will K once in every 4 PA’s. A player with above average power, like the Tyler O’Neill types, will have a job in MLB.
The name “Tyler” must have been in the top five in those “most popular names for babies” books 20-25 years ago. Seems like every team has two or three “Tyler’s”.
I would like to see someone break the mold and adjust it a little and give their kid the name “Tyrus”, like Ty Cobb. Tyler is getting a little overused.
Agree. Low BA and K rate are ruining the game. It looks like every team has a player or two with a BA below .200 like Carpenter. This is being caused by so many pitchers using an illegal substance. According to The Athletic, the sunscreen brand ‘Bullfrog’ is the illegal substance of preference.
Nah, the hitters can’t hit anymore is all. The few good hitters still have nice lines. The pitchers don’t wipe off the goop for them.
I think a major change in the low BA/high K rate is that hitters swing for the fences on every count most of the time these days. It used to be that you got two strikes, your focus was to just make contact.
No one chokes up anymore. Back in the day guys carved out Hall of Fame careers by being what you might call “slap hitters” – Nellie Fox, Rod Carew, guys like that.
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