Rowdy went 0 for 21. He was striking out, not laying off pitches, pulling off pitches. He was bad. Since then he's had 36 PA. He's had 11 hits hitting .306 only 5 Ks 14% strike out rate and his average exit velocity for the year including the bad stretch is 96.5. Rowdy has shown the ability to elevate the ball and hit it out. He's hitting it hard. The home runs will come. He hit one 391 feet in his second at bat against Glasnow. It was a long out. He hit it to dead center. If he pulls it, it's gone.
I get that you can't discount the bad times and only look at the good, but he seems to have turned a corner. He just needs the plate appearances to straighten the numbers out. It would be nice to see a few more walks, but really the entire team is pressing because the offense has been bad. Springer is going to help.