For those who watch every Reds game, the original post was obvious. He was referring to Jay taking more pitches, going the other way, etc ... meaning more professional at bats. The OP was right when he started this thread and he's been right ever since. It's ridiculous to continue to try to pick his OPINION apart.
Huh. That's funny, since I do watch nearly every Reds game and it wasn't at all obvious to me.
I'd be interested to know whether or not Jay actually has been taking more pitches and going the other way. It's certainly possible, but in no way easy to confirm through just "watching games" (unless you are keeping tally marks and spray charts during games).
Why is it ridiculous to pick an opinion apart?
Fangraphs indicates he's actually swinging at 4% more pitches this year than last.
I'd be curious to see a spray chart as to whether he's going oppo more often. My inclination is that he's probably not going the other way too much more, but he has hit a few opposite field homers already this year which is something he had not done very much the past few.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
smixsell (06-23-2013),Vottomatic (06-23-2013)
I don't really think most of us are interested in "winning" threads. We are interested in the banter, though. And it can get heated at times.
I guess we're just made of different stuff then. I too like to talk Reds baseball, but I'm less interested in what folks have to say if it is not well thought-out. There are many places for venting about how players suck on the web -- and thank goodness, this is not one of them.
Homer Bailey (06-24-2013)
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
As much as I love this lately, as much as I love Bruce, as much as I HOPE I'm wrong...
I still say he finds a way to fall short of 100 RBI, hit below .270, and he will better his HR total from last year (35 or more).
It's almost like he can't cross that 100 RBI barrier mentally he gets to 99 and he gets writers block/hitters block.
2009 Attendance Record: 3-5 2010 Attendance Record: 2-9 2015 Attendance Record: 2-0
2011 Attendance Record: 3-4 2012 Attendance Record: 3-4
2013 Attendance Record: 5-2 2014 Attendance Record: 3-1
Ghosts of 1990 (06-23-2013),MBZags (06-23-2013),New York Red (06-23-2013)
By my count Bruce is 7 for his last 29, with 7 home runs.
Over his last 10 games
14-45 8 HR, 2 2B, 9RBI, and 9 R.
.311/.378/.889
Pretty impressive week and change.
Is that really important? It's a team dependent stat anyway. If he gets enough opportunities he will, and if he doesn't, he won't.
I went back and looked, here's his OBI% (others batted in) over the years.
2013-15.1%
2012-15.7
2011-14.0
2010-11.1
2009-14.8
2008-11.6
So...other than that outlier 2010 and his rookie year he's been quite consistent in his RBI production.
Last edited by gilpdawg; 06-23-2013 at 02:30 AM.
Homer Bailey (06-24-2013),RedEye (06-23-2013)
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