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Post by fenwaythehardway on Aug 7, 2018 10:40:33 GMT -5
Yankees found a team they can beat. Good for them. On a side note, Moncada is now batting .220 with a .698 OPS. He leads the mlb with 157 Ks. It’s too early to call him a bust, but he still has yet to figure it out at the plate and he cannot hit lefties. Glad we kept Benni and Devers over him The interesting thing about Moncada is that he has this huge strikeout rate (34.1%), despite the fact that he's gotten his swinging strike percentage down to a reasonable level (12.7%, 10.6% league average), and his O-Swing percentage is actually significantly better than league average (23.4%, 30.7%). Compair this to noted good hitter JD Martinez, who has a higher swinging strike percentage than Moncada (13.5%), and higher O-Swing (33.2%), but strikes out dramatically less (26.2%). The difference, I think? Aggression. Martinez swings 50.8% of the time, Moncada 41.6%. League average is about 46.5%. Martinez mitigates the swing-and-miss in his game by attacking hittable pitches early, in and out of the zone. Moncada exacerbates his by using a patient (or passive, in this case) approach that he doesn't really have the hitting skills to support. He's not Wade Boggs sorting through his mail with two strikes, once he's down in the count he's just screwed, even if he's good at laying off pitches out of the zone. You also need the contact ability to foul off borderline pitches, and he doesn't have it. Martinez also hits breaking balls well, whereas Moncada flails at them. This is probably partly a skill in and of itself, but may also be a downstream effect of the approach differences. Martinez probably sees pitchers try to drop curve balls in for strikes early in the count because they know he's up there looking to jump on early fastballs. Moncada probably sees curves in the dirt after he's already down in the count.
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Post by telson13 on Aug 7, 2018 11:13:45 GMT -5
On a side note, Moncada is now batting .220 with a .698 OPS. He leads the mlb with 157 Ks. It’s too early to call him a bust, but he still has yet to figure it out at the plate and he cannot hit lefties. Glad we kept Benni and Devers over him The interesting thing about Moncada is that he has this huge strikeout rate (34.1%), despite the fact that he's gotten his swinging strike percentage down to a reasonable level (12.7%, 10.6% league average), and his O-Swing percentage is actually significantly better than league average (23.4%, 30.7%). Compair this to noted good hitter JD Martinez, who has a higher swinging strike percentage than Moncada (13.5%), and higher O-Swing (33.2%), but strikes out dramatically less (26.2%). The difference, I think? Aggression. Martinez swings 50.8% of the time, Moncada 41.6%. League average is about 46.5%. Martinez mitigates the swing-and-miss in his game by attacking hittable pitches early, in and out of the zone. Moncada exacerbates his by using a patient (or passive, in this case) approach that he doesn't really have the hitting skills to support. He's not Wade Boggs sorting through his mail with two strikes, once he's down in the count he's just screwed, even if he's good at laying off pitches out of the zone. You also need the contact ability to foul off borderline pitches, and he doesn't have it. Martinez also hits breaking balls well, whereas Moncada flails at them. This is probably partly a skill in and of itself, but may also be a downstream effect of the approach differences. Martinez probably sees pitchers try to drop curve balls in for strikes early in the count because they know he's up there looking to jump on early fastballs. Moncada probably sees curves in the dirt after he's already down in the count. Terrific analysis, I think you’re dead-on.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 7, 2018 11:26:33 GMT -5
It could also be a problem with Moncada's pitch recognition. He might just be a guesser.
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