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Twins and Pirates have fired their hitting coaches after their season ended. Now our season has ended. Whether they were told to use a particular approach, or chose to, or had a better appro

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There’s just no reason to do it in mid September. Literally would be an empty gesture 

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Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres

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Is there going to be a hitting coach thread every time we score three or less?  I think we get it, the hitters have sucked for a while. 
 

How do you know it’s not just poor execution of the plan?  Guys trying to do too much, etc. Regardless, The idea of firing a hitting coach with two weeks left in the season is beyond stupid. 

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18 hours ago, maybenxtyr said:

They should get a hitting coach that tells them to hit the ball. Problem solved. 

It's hard to hit the ball when the hitter stands there like a statue and doesn't swing the bat. It's only a little easier to hit it when swinging at balls in the dirt, a couple inches off the ground, several inches inside or outside, and several inches above the strike zone. Unfortunately the Orioles currently have several players that do these things multiple times every game.

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Down 2, with 2 on, no out with a 7 footer on the mound in wet conditions and the coaches don’t even call for a bunt with one of the fastest players on the team up to bat. Instead Mullins strikes out and naturally the O’s don’t score in the 7th.

I guess bunting there as a strategy would go against “the process”….

 

 

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2 minutes ago, KojiSplit said:

Down 2, with 2 on, no out with a 7 footer on the mound in wet conditions and the coaches don’t even call for a bunt with one of the fastest players on the team up to bat. Instead Mullins strikes out and naturally the O’s don’t score in the 7th.

I guess bunting there as a strategy would go against “the process”….

 

 

I agree that's a poor decision.  But that's the manager's decision, not the hitting coaches' decision.   

But the fact remains that this offense has been ass for a month, and it's not just because of injuries.  It's easy to be a coach when everyone is doing well.  The measure of a coach is whether they can turn players around when they suck, and our hitting coaches are failing that test.  

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3 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

I agree that's a poor decision.  But that's the manager's decision, not the hitting coaches' decision.   

But the fact remains that this offense has been ass for a month, and it's not just because of injuries.  It's easy to be a coach when everyone is doing well.  The measure of a coach is whether they can turn players around when they suck, and our hitting coaches are failing that test.  

Yes it’s Hyde’s call but they literally employ an offensive strategist coach (Cody Asche) so I’m gonna pass the blame around a little.

On a separate note, too often they’re hacking away 1-0 which results in ground outs to 2nd. Process baby!

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Mariners made a move that was slightly too late when they fired their hitting coach and replaced him with Edgar Martinez. IIRC they averaged 1.3 more runs a game with the HOFer and their BA went up .50 points.

I can’t see these two hitting coordinators/instructors or whatever they’re called make it to 2025. They can take Mountcastle with them as well.

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1 minute ago, KojiSplit said:

Mariners made a move that was slightly too late when they fired their hitting coach and replaced him with Edgar Martinez. IIRC they averaged 1.3 more runs a game with the HOFer and their BA went up .50 points.

I can’t see these two hitting coordinators/instructors or whatever they’re called make it to 2025. They can take Mountcastle with them as well.

The hitting coaches tell guys to chase outside the zone? 
 

They were in their heads. 

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Twins and Pirates have fired their hitting coaches after their season ended.

Now our season has ended.

Whether they were told to use a particular approach, or chose to, or had a better approach but the players didnt' pick up on it ... doesn't matter.   When so many guys on the team continually do the same things wrong over and over again and perform this badly with runners in scoring position -- the coaches have to go.   Even if they were preaching the "right thing" and the players just weren't listening... too bad, we need coaches who can communicate with the players and help them get out of slumps and make adjustments.

And this has been an epic failure.

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This whole series it looked like they were guess hitting, and almost always guessing wrong. 

Some of that is good pitching, some is our guys trying too hard to play the hero, but I also think they got outsmarted on the scouting report in some spots. 

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