Elly needs to drop the switch hitting

[*ochocincos*]

(06-11-2025, 09:12 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I get your point, but he has enough pop in his bat compared to Hamilton that he'll stick around in the big leagues longer if he stays on the same track of inconsistent hitting.

Staying around the bigs wasn't a problem for BH.
He played 11 years in the majors, although he really didn't do much after 2019.

As long as EDLC can stay at .250+ BA to go along with that pop and speed, he'll stick around for a long time.
But I remember there being such a hype around BH that he was going to be that missing piece to get the 2010's Reds over the hump, getting on base and scoring runs out the wazoo with his speed. He just couldn't get on base enough.
But for EDLC, I think there's even more of the hype because not only can he run fast like BH, but he's more.
There has been an expectation after last year that he would blossom into the next franchise player the team would build around, being the next equivalent of Joey Votto.
Obviously, EDLC is not going to be anywhere close to the career .294 BA or .409 OBP that Votto had, but many are ok with him being down closer to .250-.270 BA and around .350 OBP if he can keep stealing and flying around the bases.