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Post by James Dunne on May 10, 2017 13:33:51 GMT -5
I guess I hope that people realize is that it's pretty likely that if he goes back to pulling the ball more and giving up some of the contact-oriented approach in favor of power that the batting average (and by extension the OBP) will go down and the strikeout rate will likely climb. a .300/.350/.500 hitter might be more fun than .335/.385/.425, but I'm not sure it's better.
Obviously the ideal would be that he consolidates both and ends up one of the best players alive rather than just a garden-variety All-Star.
If he's going to use this approach, though, he should be hitting leadoff or second. He needs to be on base ahead of Betts and Ramirez, not hitting singles behind them.
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2017 17:33:58 GMT -5
I guess I hope that people realize is that it's pretty likely that if he goes back to pulling the ball more and giving up some of the contact-oriented approach in favor of power that the batting average (and by extension the OBP) will go down and the strikeout rate will likely climb. a .300/.350/.500 hitter might be more fun than .335/.385/.425, but I'm not sure it's better. Obviously the ideal would be that he consolidates both and ends up one of the best players alive rather than just a garden-variety All-Star. If he's going to use this approach, though, he should be hitting leadoff or second. He needs to be on base ahead of Betts and Ramirez, not hitting singles behind them. If he changes his approach and goes back to pulling the ball more, he will only see outside offspeed pitches and quickly go back towards the troubles he had in 2014. The entire reason he has the approach he has now is because he had to use it if he wanted to be a decent hitter. I don't know that he's able to change his swing on the fly based on pitch recognition.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 10, 2017 19:04:00 GMT -5
The key is taking advantage of pitcher mistakes. He is waiting on the ball to try and hit it to right, that's fine. But it isn't like he isn't going to see a mistake in the middle of the plate. Those are the ones he needs to recognize and hit with authority.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 10, 2017 19:10:11 GMT -5
It is really odd that Bogaerts has developed into this kind of hitter, given what's been going on in baseball the last couple years. Every offensive breakout seems to be a story about a guy who changed his swing, raised his launch angle, and started hitting for a ton of power. Bogaerts is the one guy (maybe literally the one guy) who did exactly the opposite.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 19:26:05 GMT -5
Another brutal squander. They feel as frequent as the double plays they are hitting into.
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2017 19:39:33 GMT -5
Last thing the Red Sox need is for Kendricks to get BABIP'ed to death. That's 1 walk and 3 soft ground ball singles.
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Post by braziliansox on May 10, 2017 19:43:14 GMT -5
Last thing the Red Sox need is for Kendricks to get BABIP'ed to death. That's 1 walk and 3 soft ground ball singles. Thats what happens when you cant strike out anybody.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 19:44:11 GMT -5
JBJ!
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2017 19:45:05 GMT -5
JBJ says "suck it!"
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 19:46:34 GMT -5
I'm all for DFAing Kendrick after this start and bringing up Robbie Ross Jr.
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2017 19:47:32 GMT -5
They say Fenway is a hitter's park, but that JBJ HR was 362 feet and cleared the 6 foot wall by about 1 foot, if that.
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Post by wesmantooth on May 10, 2017 19:48:04 GMT -5
Last thing the Red Sox need is for Kendricks to get BABIP'ed to death. That's 1 walk and 3 soft ground ball singles. Thats what happens when you cant strike out anybody. The Claydro effect
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Post by jimed14 on May 10, 2017 19:50:04 GMT -5
Last thing the Red Sox need is for Kendricks to get BABIP'ed to death. That's 1 walk and 3 soft ground ball singles. Thats what happens when you cant strike out anybody. Still though, two of those ground balls were under 80 mph exit velocity which likely has an expected BABIP of less than .200 and both of them were singles. That is very statistically unlikely. (unlucky)
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 19:51:19 GMT -5
Well at least Kendrick knows how to bunt with all that NL experience, even though it wasn't a great bunt.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 19:57:59 GMT -5
Lol you know it's bad when Kendrick is giving up 2 strike hits to the pitcher.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 20:02:10 GMT -5
Score offense, score a lot just this one time with Kendrick pitching.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 20:34:33 GMT -5
After a brief respite (and a few well-timed Sandy Leon hits) Vazquez once again finding holes in the defense. Very nice.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 20:37:11 GMT -5
Sweet Mookie Betts.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 20:39:46 GMT -5
Hanley has lasted all of 4 innings at first base tonight. Guess we won't be seeing him there ever again.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 20:56:46 GMT -5
Come on - steal this one!
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2017 21:08:06 GMT -5
How many squanders can a ball team squander if a ball team could and should instead of would win the game.
1-10 in risp against a midling NL team that just took out their best pitcher with 10 outs to go.
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Post by braziliansox on May 10, 2017 21:15:11 GMT -5
I'm shocked that letting Kendrick face the lineup for a 3rd time isnt working again.
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Post by bluechip on May 10, 2017 21:19:42 GMT -5
Really need to turn that DP.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on May 10, 2017 21:21:40 GMT -5
#DFAKendrick
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Post by templeusox on May 10, 2017 21:23:51 GMT -5
Why leave him in? Weird. Another loss.
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