Yeah, but how soon we forget...
My thought exactly, the initial call was safe and I thought there has to be indisputable video evidence to overturn a call, just like in football. Looks very disputable to me.
He’s been better the last couple of weeks. Maybe the numbers don’t reflect it yet but he’s seeing the ball better, taking more walks and spraying it to all fields. Encouraging
I get what you are saying and maybe Kelenic will bust but Dustin Ackley was an anomaly and can’t really be compared to him. Ackley had to have surgery in college which left him without a position. The Mariners got him and had him focus so much on becoming a good defensive player instead of making any adjustments offensively. I doubt he would’ve amounted to anything but the Mariners did him dirty, at least with Chris Taylor they got rid of him before he had zero confidence left.
But the biggest take away thus far is his new approach has cut down massively on his swing and misses on off speed away pitches. His defense was fine, he did get unlucky on some balls he hit in play but it was his inability to recognize balls that were out of the zone really was the issue. I love his approach and love the confidence and intensity but man he needs to learn to quit barking at the umps.
