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Can Chris Davis Be Fixed At the Plate?

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2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I'm sure they knew the risks.    They probably hoped to get more from Davis in 2016 than they got.   Hopefully he's got a couple of monster years left in him -- we'll see.

Interesting note: we didn't make the playoffs in Davis' two great seasons, but have made them in his other three full seasons with the team.    Just goes to show, it's never just about one player.

But they did go the one year he pitched for the team.

It is always about the pitching.

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7 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

When he hit 53 he often went to LF. It's not something he cant do.

According to fangraphs, in 2013 Davis pulled the ball 46.2% of the time and hit it to the opposite field 23.0% of the time.   Last year, those numbers were 41.6% and 22.6%.     His most lopsided pulling season was 2015, 55.9% and 17.6%.     So I wouldn't say his problem last year was pulling the ball too much and not going to the opposite field enough.   

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3 minutes ago, Number5 said:

I have always preferred for opposing big hitters to try to slap it the other way.

There are situations where it would make sense. Of course not all the time. If he's leading off am inning and we need to get something going, e.g.

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I thought he did a better job of going to all fields in 2016 then he did in 2014 and the first half of 2015.  I have to wonder how much the hand injury affected him.  I don't think that's the sole reason, obviously that didn't cause all the backward K's.  I just don't think he was seeing the ball all that well for most of the year.  Hopefully he gets back on track in '17.

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1 minute ago, Frobby said:

According to fangraphs, in 2013 Davis pulled the ball 46.2% of the time and hit it to the opposite field 23.0% of the time.   Last year, those numbers were 41.6% and 22.6%.     His most lopsided pulling season was 2015, 55.9% and 17.6%.     So I wouldn't say his problem last year was pulling the ball too much and not going to the opposite field enough.   

I think a breakdown of groundballs vs flyballs would be drastically different from his over all numbers. The graph Gordo linked to showed most of his groundballs were hit between where the seconbaseman plays and the rightfield foul line. I don't want him to screw with his swing, which is why I favor the bunt approach.

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2 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

There are situations where it would make sense. Of course not all the time. If he's leading off am inning and we need to get something going, e.g.

Davis takes the pitch that is up in the zone on the outer half and drives it to left-center, as he should.  That hasn't changed and he still hits that ball with authority.  I'm not so sure that approaching a plate appearance with the specific goal in mind of trying to hit to left field is a good approach for him.

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I think a breakdown of groundballs vs flyballs would be drastically different from his over all numbers. The graph Gordo linked to showed most of his groundballs were hit between where the seconbaseman plays and the rightfield foul line. I don't want him to screw with his swing, which is why I favor the bunt approach.

Well, Davis hit more ground balls in 2014 and 2016 than he did in 2013 and 2015.   But I doubt he was trying to do that.   

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12 minutes ago, Frobby said:

According to fangraphs, in 2013 Davis pulled the ball 46.2% of the time and hit it to the opposite field 23.0% of the time.   Last year, those numbers were 41.6% and 22.6%.     His most lopsided pulling season was 2015, 55.9% and 17.6%.     So I wouldn't say his problem last year was pulling the ball too much and not going to the opposite field enough.   

I agree. 

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8 minutes ago, Larry18 said:

I think a breakdown of groundballs vs flyballs would be drastically different from his over all numbers. The graph Gordo linked to showed most of his groundballs were hit between where the seconbaseman plays and the rightfield foul line. I don't want him to screw with his swing, which is why I favor the bunt approach.

I would prefer him to see ball, hit ball. 

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