If this team had a productive first basemen, they would be 500 right now. I think we are witnessing a transition much like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays had. This team has the cap too sign multiple free agents to put this team in to contention next year.
Springer was nervous to start out his professional stint. The defense has improved significantly. The craziest thing I got out of this was that Mark McGwire hit 15 homeruns in one month. WOW!
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Trout leads the league in strikeouts because he has a history as a great player. 5 Astros starters strikeout at a higher rate than Trout.
I don't think your "because" is in the right place. Also, I'm merely refuting that players who strike out a lot aren't always "failures"... if anything, you'll see more and more players like Trout and Springer (guys who still walk a ton, hit for power, have good OBP, etc.).
Of the 495 non-pitchers to bat in MLB this season, Trout ranks 123rd in K%. He has more strikeouts than the 122 players that strikeout at a higher percentage than him because he gets more ABs than them. He gets more ABs than them because he has a history (and current state) as a great player. The because is in the right spot. Trout is not striking out close to the frequency of Springer. Guys with comparable K% are Castro and Carter.
Again... the point is that he still strikes out "a lot". I understand the concept of cumulative stats. There have been a lot of quality/all-star lead-off/top of the order hitters who get a ton of AB's who don't strike out as much as he has... all that being said, he's still a great hitter. And the K's won't prevent Springer from being a great hitter as well (or at least it hasn't happened at every other level he's been at).
Early to put Springer as a such and such player. Give him time. He will fiddle down off this hot streak though. What kind of player George is, we don't really know at this point.
Yeah, but his strikeout rate this season is still much lower than Springer's. And his overall career strikeout rate is just 21% which is about average.
Dynamic numbers when you're comparing somebody's "rates" after just 40 MLB games. Springer has only struck out twice over the recent "hot" surge with tons of AB's near the top of the lineup... does that mean he's fixed his strikeout issues? Doubt it... but the bottom lines is that striking out a lot (whether its overall numbers, %, etc.) is a trend that isn't preventing production.
