Evan Grant on plate discipline

Evan Grant with a blog post up about the Rangers' exceedingly poor first pitch swinging strike rate and performance with two strikes in 2009.

over 2 years ago Adam J. Morris 8 comments 0 recs |

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And yet...

he still thinks that this team has to bring back one of the biggest culprits in that lack of discipline (Byrd obviously) because he’s a “leader”. Even though the team already has a crowded OF and is financially strapped.

I agree with Grant here though. I feel that plate discipline is one of the biggest issues that needs to be addressed with this team right now.

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by slc ranger on Nov 2, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions

How could you not?

I feel that plate discipline is one of the biggest issues that needs to be addressed with this team right now.

I’m not trying to single you out — but I can’t fathom how someone could have the opinion that the plate discipline and approach of this team is fine, ya know?

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by Dirk Diggler on Nov 2, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions

kinsler?

by MikeEl on Nov 2, 2009 4:25 PM CST up reply actions

The team just needs

more energy.

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by DJCahill on Nov 2, 2009 4:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Rec

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by LSJ on Nov 2, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions

And better fans.

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by inactive lsb user on Nov 2, 2009 9:37 PM CST up reply actions

EG's charts aren't all that informative nor are his conclusions

He points out the bottom five teams in OBP with two strikes on them, which includes the Rangers. Well, those exact same five teams also had the worst overall OBP in the AL. The problem isn’t that the Rangers have “two-strike anxiety” but that they suck getting on base regardless the count, which holds true for the other teams.

He also tries to equate first pitch swinging strikes to bad OBP with the worst offenders of swinging away being Tex, TB, Det, KC and Minn. As far as overall OBP, only two of those teams were in the bottom (Tex and KC). On the other side, Minn and TB were 4th and 5th best in OBP. First pitch swinging strikes do not create bad OBPs. Bad OBP causes bad OBP.

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by WyoRanger on Nov 2, 2009 5:05 PM CST reply actions