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Cruz has quietly been horrible since June 1st

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Satyr3206 Hangout Grand Counsel

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The team is 33-20 (.623) in that timeframe. It's been Jones and Manny carrying the offense. Pearce had a strong June (1.099 OPS) and a weak July (.681 OPS). He was not alone. It's counter-intuitive that as a team they hit worse in July (.681 OPS) than in June (.784 OPS, best month in the season to date) and yet had a much better July record than June.

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PLYR	G	AB	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPSManny	17	69	4	10	0.333	0.356	0.565	0.921Jones	25	100	6	18	0.250	0.287	0.470	0.757Joseph	15	48	1	4	0.271	0.321	0.375	0.696Pearce	22	78	2	6	0.231	0.322	0.359	0.681Cruz	25	95	4	9	0.211	0.292	0.379	0.671NickM	25	104	1	8	0.231	0.292	0.317	0.609Davis	22	78	4	10	0.167	0.250	0.333	0.583Hardy	25	96	2	12	0.208	0.255	0.323	0.578Flash	14	50	1	3	0.200	0.273	0.300	0.573Schoop	20	67	2	6	0.179	0.191	0.269	0.460

The better record was because of the pitching.

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Satyr3206 Hangout Grand Counsel

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Real simple. He's trying to yank every pitch. Start driving balls to RCF and he will be back on track. Right now everything is flying open when he swings.

That's true for half the team. No strike zone recognition, no plate discipline, just poor thought processes in regards to hitting. Go back to the Rogers Hornsby and Ted Williams school of hitting, get a good pitch to hit. It's as simple as that.

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weams Hangout Grand Counsel

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We get to see it several times every time through the lineup. What does our hitting coach do again?

He does not change MLB Free agent signings hitting style or swing. Especially when they have 289 home runs. Hitting coaches mostly wait.

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Not to worried about it. Guys have ups and downs. Right now Cruz is scuffling some but he could a month from now be red hot again. No choice but to ride the pony and hope for the best. Same goes for Davis...

I say give him a week off. It would be good for him. Did wonders for Manny.

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I say give him a week off. It would be good for him. Did wonders for Manny.

Would prefer giving him say 2 out of 3 games or 3 out of 5 off and see if he responds to that first. Everyone struggles at times. A little extra rest certainly could not hurt though

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