If only Yordan could recognize pitches the way Meyers does, he would be batting .400 with 50 homeruns.
3? THREEEEEE?!?!! Well then ****, case closed! Meyers was a weekend starting pitcher at Nebraska and his throws from OF sit mid 90s. His arm is very good.
I know he's our emergency pitcher. All I says is he can't throw from the OF, yet. his throw last night was pathetic
I know the league catches up but he did seem to be more selective and chase less in 19'. Don't get me wrong he's been great this year but he dives on those sliders way more it seems
Jake is striking out over 30% of the time. Based solely on my observation, mostly on fastballs high out of the zone and breaking pitches well out of the zone.
Sure, but when he sees a fastball, he obliterates it. He's batting .500 on all fastballs and .600 on 4 seamers.
Weird hearing Tucker call him a "kid" when asked about Jake's recent play after the game. Like Tucker is a grizzled vet or something. Haha
Jake is going to need to learn layoff some pitches eventually. Right now he swings at nearly everything. He could be the Springer like replacement.
Huh? Meyers is striking out 11.5 times for every walk he takes, Yordan only 3.5 times. Yordan has a great eye at the plate and plate discipline for a power hitter.
Yordan has great discipline and patience but not a great eye. He lets lots of great pitches to hit go right by him and chases pitches that are out of the zone. Meyer takes swing at almost every fastball he sees and gets a hit half of the time. He's hitting .600 against 4 seamers. He chases off speed pitches though which he can improve on. A pitcher like McCullers would get the better of him with a steady diet of curve balls.
it seems to me that Yordan has a very advanced approach where he is looking for something he can drive, regardless of the count. He is willing to let a strike go because he trusts his eye and hands even in a 2 strike situation. He is betting on his ability to outperform a pitcher over the course of an AB, and he would rather get another pitch to hit in the hopes of getting a mistake pitch, rather than “settle” for swinging at something he wasn’t planning for. I think Yordan approach works and the proof is in the gawdy numbers. You could argue (and I do) that this approach might not work against top shelf pitchers and he could stand to be more aggressive early in the count. But overall, Yordan is one of the most productive and advanced hitters in the game.
If Alvarez stays healthy (huge if) he may be the best pure hitter since Barry Bonds and that’s not hyperbole. ETA: Or at least in the conversation.
Less that .160 against breaking and off-speed pitches. He's horrible against them. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jake-meyers-676694?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb
I don't understand the reference. Care to explain it to me. Edit: Nevermind, Pedro Cerrano. Good comparison. LOL.
I'm one of the biggest Yordan fans on the board and I think he has a good approach. I just don't think he's all that good at recognizing pitches. He doesn't swing at fast balls down the middle which should be his bread and butter, but chases low breaking balls and high fast balls all the time. He actually whiffs outside the zone quite a bit which is why he doesn't walk nearly as much. He watches strikes go by and swings at high and low pitches. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/yordan-alvarez-670541?stats=statcast-r-zones-mlb
