Marlins @ Twins, 6/7-6/9

[tjfla]

yes, he hit 2 screamers.

also, strikeouts don't matter.

That is the issue he is having,instead of trying to go the other way and making contact he tries to kill the ball. The scouting report on him is pitch inside and get 2 strikes than go slider away however it seems everyone has read the report but him. Guys are throwing him sliders away and he is swinging at it like its a fastball inside still.

It would just be nice to see him play team ball instead of just getting himself correct. Reason why the team didn't look so bad when he was out was u had guys making contact and not killing innings

[Madman81]

So there is no difference between a guy who can't make contact and a guy who can move runners over with ground balls and bring runners in with sac flies? You don't get a lot of cheap, bloop singles or force many errors by striking out.

for the vast majority of outs that a player hits into, a strikeout has no different impact than would any average type of out. getting bent out of shape over strikeouts is silly.

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That is the issue he is having,instead of trying to go the other way and making contact he tries to kill the ball. The scouting report on him is pitch inside and get 2 strikes than go slider away however it seems everyone has read the report but him. Guys are throwing him sliders away and he is swinging at it like its a fastball inside still.

It would just be nice to see him play team ball instead of just getting himself correct. Reason why the team didn't look so bad when he was out was u had guys making contact and not killing innings

this is a very bad post.

[nny]

There is also times that hitting a ball in play is worse than a strikeout eg double plays.

[thatnewguy]

Strikeouts don't matter until you
A: do it in half of your plate appearances and
B: don't do anything useful in the other half.

[Nick]

Stanton's problem is pitch-recognition, which leads to the high K's. Fact of the matter is we're not paying him to move the guy over or get sac flies, but the high K's are obviously a direct relation to his piss poor pitch recognition. You would think he would've made some adjustments 5-6 years into his major league career.

[rmc523]

What did Stanton just do? That wasn't a strikeout

[Nick]

opposite field single

[Namaste]

I didn't think there was any way we'd not score a run there with runners on 1B and 3B with one out and Yelich up.

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Chen was clinging on to a 4.00 xFIP before tonight. He can kiss that goodbye.

[Nick]

This is straight up embarrassing.

[emkayseven]

Ichiro is the best reason to watch this team lately

[thatnewguy]

"Hey we came back."

Ten minutes later:
"Oh wait never mind."

[rmc523]

opposite field single

Oh I know, I was being sarcastic.

[Blackout Pact]

We're about to be 1-7 against the two worst teams in the league. Goddammit.

[thatnewguy]

Wittgren's Italian? Because he's serving up some meatballs right now.

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We're about to be 1-7 against the two worst teams in the league. Goddammit.

This is the reason the team will miss out on the playoffs this year. You can't beat up on the worst teams in the league???

[AdamRavs]

Pretty sure we will have many other reasons why we wont make the playoffs this yr