Reds August Game Thread 2024

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(08-11-2024, 07:05 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He also needs to drop being a switch hitter. Being a switch hitter is only a benefit if you're actually good at it. If it's not a switch hitting problem and just a matchup problem, he'll always be held back by not being able to hit left handed pitching....

EDLC as a lefty hitter: .274/.348/.518 (866 OPS)
EDLC as a righty hitter: .199/.279/.314 (.594 OPS)

Not just the BA being a huge difference, but he also has no power as a righty/vs lefties with his .115 ISO being not far off Jose Peraza's .106 career number. Meanwhile his .215 ISO as a lefty vs righties is legit slugging power.

He's still young enough that he can still improve and get better and learn to hit lefty pitching, but he has to at least get to being a decent hitter against lefties if he wants to be a superstar. I can't think of a single hitter who everyone considered "elite" or a "star" that was sub-Mendoza against pitchers of either arm. You don't have to be equally dominant (Ohtani has a .985 OPS vs RHP and .829 vs LHP, Votto was .951 vs RHP and .852 vs LHP just as examples) but you have to at least be good. There's no such thing as a superstar that makes hundreds of millions of dollars, but needs to be in a platoon.

For sure