The last thing you said here is really the key for me.
Holliday makes us much better when he is playing where you think he can. So, how does he get better?
I said it a little tongue and cheek but it’s true..if his flaw right now is hitting ML pitching, how does he fix that playing in the minors?
If there something technically flawed about his swing? Yea, he’s pulling off the ball, ok fine. That can’t be corrected in the majors? The leg kick? Maybe. It’s not like we haven’t seen hitters with high leg kicks be successful.
But let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the leg kick is the issue. Do we want him in AAA working on that or do we want him up here?
The Os are one of many teams now that are going to coaches that weren’t necessarily ML players but they are more mechanics coaches. They are like driveline guys now. The duo the Os have up here are like that. They also have those guys in the minors.
So, where is he getting the better instruction?
I don’t know. I can’t say and that’s where I trust Elias. Like I said, he gets this week and really, more than that for me but I think this week he should get and then you can at least make some decision with more of a sample size.
I feel if he goes down, it must be because you feel there is a major change that needs to occur and you want him to do that in a lower pressure environment. I’m not worried about hurting his confidence or anything like that. If he becomes a failure because of this struggle than he wasn’t going to become anything anyway.