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I know there are a lot of people, that rightfully so, are saying to give him time, and I agree to a certain extent. But the one thing that has to be recognized is how badly Holliday is being dominated by major league pitching right now. He's whiffing way too much. He's not having competitive at bats. When he does make contact he's hitting the ball way too much on the ground, which was something I mentioned about him as he was coming up through the minors. Now it's been 8 games, and I have no concerns that he won't one day be an amazing player, but he's getting into historic levels of futility to start off a major league career. It's clear, what worked for him at the minor league level is not working for him against major league pitching. Whether it's the leg kick or the fact that his head is all messed up at the plate currently, it's definitely an issue. If he was controlling the strike zone and making good swing decisions then ok, but at some point he's got to produce up here or he needs to be sent back down before he hits those historic numbers. I still think the target date is the May 1st area, if he's not making more contact and starting to make more solid contact, then I think he needs to go back to AAA. This isn't a rushed judgement, but rather you can't keep running a young kid or really any player out there for too long when they are not having competitive PAs. This is the big leagues, and while it's fine to take some lumps, just like the many players mentioned in this thread who started off poorly, but those lumps can't continue to be absolute domination. -
Sure, many of the same people thought Kimbrel would be a big part of that problem. 24 hours ago, our bullpen could use a couple of key upgrades. After a terrible bullpen night now we have a bullpen with “big problems”. -
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Getting shut down by Marsh again kind of ruined the week honestly. -
By Aristotelian · Posted
This was the first time I had seen Tate this year and he looked awful. I haven't heard anything on Perez lately. He could replace Akin and Wells could replace Tate. Healthy Wells/Perez would be solid, although I certainly would not be opposed to adding someone.
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