03-19-2019, 04:53 PM
Keep in mind the average player in spring training right now has between 20 and 35 at bats.
Judging any established player on those metrics is silly, especially when they may be practicing different hitting techniques or strategies (or, in the case of pitchers, new pitches).
And Votto still has an OBP of .469, so he's not really struggling as bad as his BA appears.
And calling his 2018 awful is a massive exaggeration. It was a disappointment because we're so used to elite numbers from him, but he still had a line of .284/.417/.419. His BA was well above average and his OBP was tops in the league. If that's awful, then I feel pretty good about him rebounding in 2019.
Let's keep in mind that in 2017, Patrick Kivlehan hit .370/.407/.630 in spring training and then proceeded to hit .208/.304/.399 in the regular season.
And that's just one of many many many examples.
Judging any established player on those metrics is silly, especially when they may be practicing different hitting techniques or strategies (or, in the case of pitchers, new pitches).
And Votto still has an OBP of .469, so he's not really struggling as bad as his BA appears.
And calling his 2018 awful is a massive exaggeration. It was a disappointment because we're so used to elite numbers from him, but he still had a line of .284/.417/.419. His BA was well above average and his OBP was tops in the league. If that's awful, then I feel pretty good about him rebounding in 2019.
Let's keep in mind that in 2017, Patrick Kivlehan hit .370/.407/.630 in spring training and then proceeded to hit .208/.304/.399 in the regular season.
And that's just one of many many many examples.
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