Reds August games thread

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(08-22-2022, 02:07 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It will be exciting to see what he can do next year when he is healthy again.

Last year he tore up AA/AAA hitting .303 with a .380 OB% and .539 SLG%

This year before he was called up he was hitting just .209/.262/.377.

Yea, I am really excited for him and a bunch of other players that could be called up at the end of this year or sometime next year. He showed a lot throughout the minor leagues and he is coming off an injury. One thing I've noticed in every single AB I've watched of him since he came up to the majors, however, is how much he chases that down and away breaking ball. The pitchers have recognized this about him and are exploiting it, which is why he's striking out almost half the time he's at the plate.

If he can learn to lay off that pitch, I think he can be an above average bat and an above average to perhaps elite glove at Shortstop.

In the meantime, I'm just enjoying seeing the stat line every night with a non-zero in the K column haha. It's beginning to become uncanny.