Hit and run is useless with this team. Better to just sit back and wait for the longball. I hate the "have to have a #2 hitter who can hit the ball to the right side" way of thinking.
Martin does have a sexy OBP though.
I think what impresses everyone is the plate discipline. His hand eye coordination is crazy good by reports and combine that with ridiculous raw power and you can see why everyone is so high on him. Even if the HR numbers aren't showing up on the boxscore just yet.
Probably thought it was gone and jogged. Like there was 2 outs so you would be running no matter what, not to mention it was a moonshot off the wall that the CF had to get to. Morales even as an above avg bat is just a replacement level player.
Lol when a guy throws 97 and he throws a breaking ball that starts on the same plane as a FB it isn't easy to lay off. The fastball up and last pitcher were terrible but you're acting as though its easy as hell to lay off that. Even JD and Bautista swing and miss in those same situations.
Yeah he came close for sure. Had about 4 hangers down the middle after that he just fouled off. Not like it was a good AB because he fouled off a ton of hittable pitches.
Smoak should probably be hitting 4th and Morales 5th but that isn't a huge thing. Biggest problem is Pillar has been ice cold in the leadoff spot. Martin should probably be moved up there. .374 OBP this year.