That’s the thing though, he’s missing every meatball he gets. He getting at least 1 middle middle fastball almost every at bat now and he isn’t squaring up any of them
The only ones I remember are:
- that Yankees game he hit 3 homers
- walk off single vs the Os in extras
- that double he hit in extras and Teo went on to walk it off
That’s all his clutch hitting this year
To be honest, there are times when Vlad looks to be turning a corner and hitting line drives up the middle… but then he goes back to swinging at junk and grounding into 2 double plays a game. Every time I hear “he’s close” im like… ok sure