It wasn't only Harper today, at least 3 hits were due to hitters aiming oppo against our shift. Agreed that we'd take Harper aiming for grounders any day.
We only have one Ryu so majority of our pitchers will probably suffer a fate closer to Zeuch.
Oh and people here were mentioning "luck" in reference to the hits happening today vs Zeuch. I was just mentioning this is not luck just based on the approach so I guess you agree that some of today's hits are due to skill by the hitter.
But the data gathered for the spray charts are usually when the defense plays straight up. It becomes on the hitters to begin adjust to how they're being played. I've seen enough hitters with good enough bat control able to do so while some are stubborn by refusing to change their approach.
Just aiming the ball to areas of the field where there are less defenders automatically increases your chance of a hit. I would argue that's not luck and more so strategy by the hitter. Agreed about the hits that go through small cracks between the fielders though.
Seems pretty obvious what I meant. I'm not gonna pretend like I played baseball at a high level but even I'm able to direct balls through massive gaps in the field. Why wouldn't you think Major Leaguers can do the same?
I've seen many hits where you can tell by the swing that the hitter meant to hit it through the open area in the defense.
Good performance from Stripling. Just not sure how much to take from it since there's massive difference between the Tigers spring training lineup vs Yankees lineup he'll probably face in the regular season.
Ah ok lol.
Ya I was already comparing this team to the 2015 team offensively. While we don't have 3 beasts like donaldson/jose/Edwin, the rest of our lineup seems to be better. Hopefully our guys stay healthy so we can see our guys beast
Did those guys fail their physicals though? Its one thing to come off an injury but another to be physically unfit the moment you sign the contract. I do agree that this stuff must happen more often than we hear about.
We can fix this problem by just throwing more money at the situation so let's see how we proceed. It was only a 1 year deal so it's not the biggest problem in the grand scheme of things.