06-07-2024, 06:27 AM
Hope for Swanson? Maybe according to Athletic article
“You can point to all sorts of things that seem wrong in Swanson’s statistics right now. He’s missing on more swings than ever, and consequently striking out more than ever. He’s pulling more balls than ever, which could be OK except he’s got the highest ground-ball rate of his career. There’s some bad luck (a batting average on balls in play that would be the lowest of his career) but he’s seemingly earned some of it.”.
Article goes on to point out that a 260 batting avg with 14-16 homers would be what’s to be expected for Swanson for remainder of season - assuming he finds solutions to his batting issues
Athletic reviewed stats from April and May and selected players “who’ve been below league average so far but are above average when it comes to plate discipline, lifting the ball hard and just generally hitting the ball hard.” Basically, these are players that have underperformed so far which should turn it around and produce going forward based on their assessment Swanson’s write up is one of 5 players that fit their criteria and aren’t injured.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5546755...g-results/
“You can point to all sorts of things that seem wrong in Swanson’s statistics right now. He’s missing on more swings than ever, and consequently striking out more than ever. He’s pulling more balls than ever, which could be OK except he’s got the highest ground-ball rate of his career. There’s some bad luck (a batting average on balls in play that would be the lowest of his career) but he’s seemingly earned some of it.”.
Article goes on to point out that a 260 batting avg with 14-16 homers would be what’s to be expected for Swanson for remainder of season - assuming he finds solutions to his batting issues
Athletic reviewed stats from April and May and selected players “who’ve been below league average so far but are above average when it comes to plate discipline, lifting the ball hard and just generally hitting the ball hard.” Basically, these are players that have underperformed so far which should turn it around and produce going forward based on their assessment Swanson’s write up is one of 5 players that fit their criteria and aren’t injured.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5546755...g-results/