Joey Votto - "I'm getting there."

[redsrule2500]

Votto implying that he's still not over his injury from last Summer. Surprised it's taken so long and he's still not over the injury.

“I’m getting there,” Votto said. “I’m getting there. It was something I was progressively working on in spring training. Things like this take time. I feel like I’m headed in the right direction. ...I really haven’t taken a swing — or at least swing I’m comfortable with — since last July. I had a few hits in spring training but those weren’t typically the type of swings I take during the season."


http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/201...getting-there/

[Chip R]

I'm wondering if some of this isn't mental. No slam on Joey but sometimes when you are injured, even after you have rehabbed and rested, you are hesitant to make that cut or throw as hard as you can or run as fast as possible. Perhaps he's still got it in the back of his mind that if he swings "comfortably" he will feel pain or reinjure himself.

[Gainesville Red]

From Fay's twitter today:

Votto was hitting .290 with 9 Ks and 3 XBHs after 9 games last year. This year: .290, 9K, 2 XBHs. #reds @Cincienquirer

[Raisor]

From Fay's twitter today:

Votto was hitting .290 with 9 Ks and 3 XBHs after 9 games last year. This year: .290, 9K, 2 XBHs. #reds @Cincienquirer

This is an amazingly awesome stat.

[Red in Chicago]

From Fay's twitter today:

Votto was hitting .290 with 9 Ks and 3 XBHs after 9 games last year. This year: .290, 9K, 2 XBHs. #reds @Cincienquirer

Thanks for sharing this, because it seems like he had about 15 doubles this time last year

[WildcatFan]

From Fay's twitter today:

Votto was hitting .290 with 9 Ks and 3 XBHs after 9 games last year. This year: .290, 9K, 2 XBHs. #reds @Cincienquirer

I'll take that a step further.

In 2010 after 9 games, Votto was hitting .278 with 11 Ks and 2 XBHs.

He finished that year as the NL MVP.

[_Sir_Charles_]

From Fay's twitter today:

Votto was hitting .290 with 9 Ks and 3 XBHs after 9 games last year. This year: .290, 9K, 2 XBHs. #reds @Cincienquirer

See! He's CLEARLY not where he was before. 1 less XBH. That's huge!

[Hoosier Red]

See! He's CLEARLY not where he was before. 1 less XBH. That's huge!

Not only that but his XBH have dropped 33%! 33% I tell you.

I vaguely remember Larkin having a reputation as a slow starter.

[RichRed]

Joey's about to blow up...and God help the National League when he does.

[Larkin Fan]

If there's one player on the Reds' roster that I never worry about, it's Joey Votto. And as previously mentioned, this is the same trend he followed at the beginning of last season and we know about the explosion that followed that.

[NeilHamburger]

FYI... Votto mentioned in the article his knee is fine. And is just talking about "his swing" getting there.

Just didn't want people who didn't read the article to misunderstand based on the first post.

[R_Webb18]

For someone that pulls the ball like Votto does it take long to get your timing down since you have swing later?

[Vottomatic]

For someone that pulls the ball like Votto does it take long to get your timing down since you have swing later?

Meh. To me, Joey has always been a guy who hits the ball all over the field. I don't consider him a pull hitter.

[RollyInRaleigh]

Meh. To me, Joey has always been a guy who hits the ball all over the field. I don't consider him a pull hitter.

Not a pull hitter at all. Uses the whole field.

[scott91575]

Not a pull hitter at all. Uses the whole field.

On the ground he is a pull hitter, but that is most likely due to the fact when he hits a ground ball it's an off speed pitch with some downward movement. In the air, he actually goes the other way more. That is why you will see interesting defenses against him where the infield will actually sometimes use the shift for a pull hitter but the outfield will be straight away to even shading him to go the other way.