Ryan Mountcastle 2024

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Say O! said:

You don’t swing at the first pitch below the knees with bases juiced. Even if well struck, it was always going to be a ground ball.  It was a bad swing decision by Mounty and emblematic of his hot/cold variability. 

He did do this.

 

That wouldn't have been a bad outcome.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

His propensity for swinging at low pitches has always bugged me. He does have some success at times.  The ground single he hit earlier also was below the zone.  I still think that Cleavinger AB was a bad situation for it.  

I agree that it wasn't a good choice.

I just find it amusing that when guys make "bad choices" and it works out folks are quiet.  Or when folks make bad choices at unimportant times.

Some folks even take a bad outcome and go back and look for the "bad choice" that they can link to it.

It was a bad at bat.  His was far from the only one.

 

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I agree that it wasn't a good choice.

I just find it amusing that when guys make "bad choices" and it works out folks are quiet.  Or when folks make bad choices at unimportant times.

Some folks even take a bad outcome and go back and look for the "bad choice" that they can link to it.

It was a bad at bat.  His was far from the only one.

 

It was the highest leverage one, by far.  If he’d grounded out in the prior AB instead of hitting a single I wouldn’t have mentioned it.  

[EddeeEddee]

16 minutes ago, Frobby said:

It was the highest leverage one, by far.  If he’d grounded out in the prior AB instead of hitting a single I wouldn’t have mentioned it.  

Mounty has gotten more patient, but he doesn't seem like the kind of hitter that changes his approach much depending on the situation.  But it's hard to question anyone's approach the day after hitting two homers.

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, EddeeEddee said:

Mounty has gotten more patient, but he doesn't seem like the kind of hitter that changes his approach much depending on the situation.  But it's hard to question anyone's approach the day after hitting two homers.

Evidently it isn't hard.

[Safelykept]

9 hours ago, Frobby said:

I like Mounty, and do think there’s a decent chance this will be his best season so far.  But I don’t take a lot of comfort from sewing together two partial seasons at points that began and ended with hot streaks, and ignoring his history of streakiness.  He will have to prove that he can minimize the length and severity of his cold streaks, and for me he can only prove it over the full 162 game season.  He’s already had a stretch of 29 games at .657 this year but has been hot enough before and after to make up for it.  Hopefully he’ll continue that trend, but we’ll see.  

All right I'll pull that back, he does only have a decent shot at his best year. the rest of the season has not happened yet, hell tomorrow could be his last game. I dont like sewing together partial seasons either. Last year half season started with July and August being a scorch fest followed by a cold September which featured shoulder problems and an IL stint. he does have one constant though, the defense is turning Elite. Yes bad AB today, but the more I look at him the more I see what his supporters see. I'm starting to come around to him.  

[sportsfan8703]

His avg exit velocity and hard hit % are the best of his career so far. He has his flaws. Wall included. 

[Safelykept]

Come on Mounty, keep making us believers.

[Aristotelian]

On 6/3/2024 at 9:38 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

His avg exit velocity and hard hit % are the best of his career so far. He has his flaws. Wall included. 

Eye test says he is hitting a ton to the opposite field this year.

[banks703]

Yikes

[Safelykept]

One more keep it up Mounty

[emmett16]

Will Mounty finally top .800 this year?  
 

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Will Mounty finally top .800 this year?  
 

 

He did in 2020.

[emmett16]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

He did in 2020.

I know he did* and you know what I mean.