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Man our offense is so terrible. 17 for last 96 with RISP. About 1/3rd of those haven't scored runs. Just think about that. 96 at bats with RISP and we have had a run scoring hit MAYBE 10 times. It's hard to be this bad.

On the other hand, it's good to be able to pull out wins when you're offense isn't going good so lets clamp this down.

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Il BuonO Hangout Grand Counsel

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Last year he fouled them off. This year the bat is nowhere near the ball. It's bizarre.

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You're right. He had 19 HR at this point and is coming off an injury.

Maybe pressing.

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I won't even bother to argue a guy hitting .170 compared to a guy hitting .292 in not an improvement. Good reply :rolleyes:

ABs matter. Do you not understand that.. the more ABs you have, the more your average tails off it's not until about 200 plus ABs do you have an idea of what the average is gonna look like in a season. Weeks and Lombo are career hitters in the .250 to .260 range. Could one replace Flaherty? Absolutely. But not Schoop. Schoop is gonna driving in more RBIs and Homeruns then Weeks or Lombo had all last year. Schoop needs 8 RBIs and he'll accomplish that. He could even drive in more RBIs and HRs over a 162 game average this year then them..

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Il BuonO Hangout Grand Counsel

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To me it's just mechanical. He's loading up and swinging with a pronounced uppercut and doing it way late. He of all people should know that his opposite-way technique led to his huge season last year.

I agree with this, but you're talking about approach not swing. He needs to go back to going that way.

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