Is this Rickard's slump or just emerging to ...?

[Babypowder]

73rd out of how many? Average O swing for 2014 was 31 %

Out of 196 qualified batters.

[El Gordo]

Out of 196 qualified batters.

Below average.

[BirdAttack]

He is hitting a lot of pitches in the zone for medium or weak impact. Since he has a lot of LD that tells me he is hitting a lot of lazy FB.

That does not look good.

Despite the same Batting AVG, hitting the ball hard and unfortunately getting out is a different story.

[Babypowder]

Below average.

Below the median anyway, the average is actually 28.6 which surprised me. The guys at the bottom end must really be skewing the numbers.

[El Gordo]

Below the median anyway, the average is actually 28.6 which surprised me. The guys at the bottom end must really be skewing the numbers.

What site are you getting this info from? Just curious.

[Babypowder]

What site are you getting this info from? Just curious.

Fangraphs

[BirdAttack]

BTW, why did Joey stop at 2nd if he thought Matt's deep ball will be a hit?

Considering the hang time, I thought he would be turning 3rd at the time of the throw.

I think running was the right decision, but surprised to see him at 2nd despite his speed.

[El Gordo]

He watched between 1B and 2B to see if the ball would be caught. When it wasn't clear, Kirby sent him to 2B.

[Nevermore]

I believe that pitchers have adjusted to Joey. So that has sent him into a slump. But he's a rookie and Buck believes (and so do I) that he will re-adjust and become a decent lead-off batter again.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Wasn't able to watch the game today, but followed on gamecast. Another homer for Joey, can't say I saw that coming. Any commentary on how he hit it, how it looked, where it went?

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[Sessh]

Wasn't able to watch the game today, but followed on gamecast. Another homer for Joey, can't say I saw that coming. Any commentary on how he hit it, how it looked, where it went?

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It was a bad pitch (slider, I think) left inside middle-ish. It wasn't hit that well and was blown out by the wind. It landed in the front row in left field and the left fielder just missed it and probably should have caught it.

Rickard did have a good day in the field for the first time in forever, though. Hit the cutoff man leading to an out at home plate in the first inning to cut down a fourth run and made a diving catch in the gap.

[El Gordo]

Wasn't able to watch the game today, but followed on gamecast. Another homer for Joey, can't say I saw that coming. Any commentary on how he hit it, how it looked, where it went?

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Just made it over the wall but he hit it hard, more of a LD. Also a walk, a single and R scored. But what impressed me most were three great plays in the OF. He had a good day for someone who is supposed to be a terrible fielder.

[Sessh]

Wasn't able to watch the game today, but followed on gamecast. Another homer for Joey, can't say I saw that coming. Any commentary on how he hit it, how it looked, where it went?

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Here's the video. Wind was blowing out and he hit it up into the wind and still barely made it out.

[weams]

Here's the video. Wind was blowing out and he hit it up into the wind and still barely made it out.

The anti-Rickard stuff is getting tired bud. We understand. He's not Kim. Rickard did win the game early with his great D before the bats put it away. Wind was not bowing out at that point. I know. I was there. It was a very short homer.

[weams]

Just made it over the wall but he hit it hard, more of a LD. Also a walk, a single and R scored. But what impressed me most were three great plays in the OF. He had a good day for someone who is supposed to be a terrible fielder.

This is the truth.