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Mike Young hits too many line drives

I was looking over hardball times' story about Jose Reyes' ground ball tendencies http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/should-jose-reyes-hit-more-groundballs /] or lack there of and hit the link at the bottom to League Leaders for fewest infield flies.  A stat with Mike Young as the leader.  So I opened his page and looked at his BIP stats.

Year    LD%     GB%    IF/F    HR/F
2004    24.8%    37.4%    N/A    8.6%   
2005    25.5%    45.3%    10.1%    12.7%
2006    24.9%    48.1%    3.7%    7.9%
2007    27.2%    48.4%    1.5%    6.8%

So his line drives were up, ground balls were similar and infield flies and homers were down.  I'm not sure what really explains this but its almost as if he wasn't trying to hit home runs because he wasn't trying to get under the ball hence his outrageously low IF/F number

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I've been saying that for a while
Neither his swing nor his approach lends itself to hitting home runs last year.

by badradiorules on Dec 13, 2007 1:21 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

no such thing
as too many line-drives.  The guy isn't a home run hitter.

I predict more doubles this year.

by SteveP on Dec 13, 2007 1:30 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Amen
The guy gets 200+ hits per year. I don't care if they are home runs, line drives, or bunt base hits.

Plus line drives mean he is hitting the ball right on the button. Thats a sign of an amazing hitter.

by Steven on Dec 13, 2007 5:31 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

question
didnt adam do a deal on this a couple of months back

or someone do a diary on it?

by knockoutking24 on Dec 13, 2007 1:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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