YourFriendGannon
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The hype train is coming to a halt. Hard to produce if you can’t make contact.
The hype train is coming to a halt. Hard to produce if you can’t make contact.
13 HR and .235 av. Slowed significantly from that hot start.
No doubt he's got the god given ability. He runs faster than anyone, he throws harder than anyone, he hits the ball harder than anyone. But baseball can humble you because so much of it is mental. You start missing balls and it gets in your head. Going to be fun and interesting watching him in the future.21
He will be fine imo.
I could see him being very streaky a la Javier Baez
He's still got work to do on improving contact/cutting down on strikeouts, but he's walking at a much higher rate and getting more quality contact. So far, this season has been a sizeable step in the right direction.He's off to a good start again. The speed is amazing.
Yeah if you extrapolated what he has done so far this season over the whole year that's a pretty good season. But I've been watching the last few days and the impact he has when he's on base is amazing. When he gets to third base (which happens a lot because he steals) if a guy is on first the other team pretty much gives him second because they don't want De La Cruz stealing home. The guy that usually hits in front or behind him, Spencer Steer never stole bases in the minors but in the last season and a month in the majors he has 25 SB. I don't know if an impact like that is captured anywhere on Baseball Reference but it is fun to watch.He's still got work to do on improving contact/cutting down on strikeouts, but he's walking at a much higher rate and getting more quality contact. So far, this season has been a sizeable step in the right direction.
he's on a 6+ WAR pace. he's having a great year thus farYeah if you extrapolated what he has done so far this season over the whole year that's a pretty good season. But I've been watching the last few days and the impact he has when he's on base is amazing. When he gets to third base (which happens a lot because he steals) if a guy is on first the other team pretty much gives him second because they don't want De La Cruz stealing home. The guy that usually hits in front or behind him, Spencer Steer never stole bases in the minors but in the last season and a month in the majors he has 25 SB. I don't know if an impact like that is captured anywhere on Baseball Reference but it is fun to watch.
I wonder if Matt McLain is ever coming back? That guy looked real good but I haven't heard anything about him.he's on a 6+ WAR pace. he's having a great year thus far