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I agree. I think calling him up was a mistake. IMO his issues are more mental than anything and a month in AAA was not nearly enough to correct it.Kelenic isn’t looking any different then his first stint. Starting to get concerned here
Problem is there is literally nothing he can work on in AAA. I mean Trammell and Marmo have gone down to Tacoma and look like Barry Bonds. Mentally maybe he isn’t ready to be an everyday starter but he isn’t going to get mentally tougher by going back down struggle for a couple of weeks then become the best player on the team and wait for the call up again. Covid really hurt he and Evan White badly.I agree. I think calling him up was a mistake. IMO his issues are more mental than anything and a month in AAA was not nearly enough to correct it.
Me, too.Kelenic isn’t looking any different then his first stint. Starting to get concerned here
agree 100%Kelenic isn’t looking any different then his first stint. Starting to get concerned here
its definitely mental, and every time he Ks you can see him visibly frustrated and hard on himself which isnt helping anything.I agree. I think calling him up was a mistake. IMO his issues are more mental than anything and a month in AAA was not nearly enough to correct it.
yeah 2020 hurt a lot of guys. I dont love to ever give the organization excuses but there is no substitute for lost time.Problem is there is literally nothing he can work on in AAA. I mean Trammell and Marmo have gone down to Tacoma and look like Barry Bonds. Mentally maybe he isn’t ready to be an everyday starter but he isn’t going to get mentally tougher by going back down struggle for a couple of weeks then become the best player on the team and wait for the call up again. Covid really hurt he and Evan White badly.
most of his Abs are the same. He gets one hittable pitch that he either takes or his late on and fouls back. Then eventually he just has to chase the pitchers pitch because he's been behind in every count. I'd to see him attack fastballs early in countsagree 100%
I dreaded see him come to the plate middle of the game around 6th inning - scored tied 2-2 and go ahead run on 2nd base with just 1 out.
yea he moved the runner to 3rd with a weak ground ball to the right side of the infield, but previous 2 at bats K'd swinging at horrific breaking pitches well off the plate and near hitting the ground before getting to the catcher.
He is up there just flailing away at everything. The longer he waves at all these balls clearly off the plate.... the more of those pitches he will see. No big league pitcher is gonna throw him a ball over the plate if they know he will swing at balls well out of the strike zone.
And his drama with the umps strike zone better come to an end quick, some young kid struggling like him making all the face and body gestures while in the box or just after getting rung up will not sit well with all the umps, and further hurt his cause moving forward.
If he is batting over .225 by the end of the year I will be surprised.
I just dont get this. They had an off day so you can use Flexen on 4 days rest.
White for sure could use seasoning, he wasn’t an overly dominant in AA and didn’t get AAA. That was just my thing with sending Kelenic down is that IMO there isn’t a point because there is nothing he can gain back down there. Maybe AA which is highly doubtful but players go to Tacoma, look like gods offensively this year then come up and are eh. Torrens is a different scenario because he struggled offensively and defensively and they were having him get reps at 1B.yeah 2020 hurt a lot of guys. I dont love to ever give the organization excuses but there is no substitute for lost time.
I think France has handled first base well enough that I'd prefer White spend all next year in the minors.
Hell I remember when they used to call up starters from AAA in emergencies. Apparently that's too regressive for the likes of Dipoto and Servais.Weird this bullpen day is off to a predictably bad start. Its almost like bullpen days should be used in emergencies only and not something used in 10% of your games
So we bring up a starter from Tacoma and he doesn’t start the game but relieves for an opener who’s never started. Why are we outsmarting ourselves here