Soto

[Coach]

April:
.340/.500/.528

May:
.179/.333/<b>.286</b>


He is currently 3 for his last 40 since 5/8

[ruby23]

He's not swinging anymore.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
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It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.

[Butcher]

I haven't looked at the numbers, but it seems like Byrd is starting to slip, too.

[rok]

Theriot is back to his old bad habits as well.

[funkster]

<!--quoteo(post=98448:date=May 26 2010, 02:30 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ May 26 2010, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I haven't looked at the numbers, but it seems like Byrd is starting to slip, too.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Byrd is definitely slumping.

[rok]

Cubs Hitters in May:

Colvin .350 / .364 / .600
Soriano .347 / .413 / .708
Castro .328 / .386 / .469
Fontenot .316 / .366 / .474
Byrd .279 / .337 / .465
Fukudome .259 / .348 / .414
Lee .259 / .347 / .400
Nady .257 / .308 / .343
Theriot .250 / .267 /.262
Soto .179 / .333 / .286
Ramirez .172 / .239 / .250

[Coldneck]

<!--quoteo(post=98450:date=May 26 2010, 03:49 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ May 26 2010, 03:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98448:date=May 26 2010, 02:30 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 26 2010, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I haven't looked at the numbers, but it seems like Byrd is starting to slip, too.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Byrd is definitely slumping.
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It's not that he's slumping he's just now playing to his normal ability. He was playing way over his head the first month of the season.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=98447:date=May 26 2010, 02:28 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
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It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.
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I disagree. I would say when a player is slumping it's usually difficult to keep walking.

Also, just because he recently took a third strike looking doesn't mean he's "looking to get walked". In May he put 43 balls in play compared to April when he put 47 balls in play. Seems you're wrong again.

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=98454:date=May 26 2010, 03:13 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98447:date=May 26 2010, 02:28 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
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It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.
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I disagree. I would say when a player is slumping it's usually difficult to keep walking.

Also, just because he recently took a third strike looking doesn't mean he's "looking to get walked". In May he put 43 balls in play compared to April when he put 47 balls in play. Seems you're wrong again.
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In no way does that prove me wrong. Putting a ball in play does not equate to not looking for a walk. He's not jumping on hittable pitches early in the count and is taking them for called strikes. He then is forced to swing at pitcher's pitches later in the sequence. The dude is looking for a walk and letting good pitches go by on a consistent basis. Also, your numbers are wrong. It's 38 in May and 42 in April. His BB totals have gone down by 4 this month and his K totals have risen by 4.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=98456:date=May 26 2010, 03:24 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98454:date=May 26 2010, 03:13 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98447:date=May 26 2010, 02:28 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I disagree. I would say when a player is slumping it's usually difficult to keep walking.

Also, just because he recently took a third strike looking doesn't mean he's "looking to get walked". In May he put 43 balls in play compared to April when he put 47 balls in play. Seems you're wrong again.
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In no way does that prove me wrong. Putting a ball in play does not equate to not looking for a walk. He's not jumping on hittable pitches early in the count and is taking them for called strikes. He then is forced to swing at pitcher's pitches later in the sequence. The dude is looking for a walk and letting good pitches go by on a consistent basis. Also, your numbers are wrong. It's 38 in May and 42 in April. His BB totals have gone down by 4 this month and his K totals have risen by 4.
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He was letting good pitches by when he was hitting the crap out of the ball too. You're making it sound like he's afraid to hit the ball and that's just not true.

How are you getting 38 and 42 by the way?

[1060Ivy]

Soto stats for April and May, plus stats for Runners in Scoring Position.

Month AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
April 53 12 18 1 0 3 <b>7 17</b> 0 11 0 0 .340 .500 .528 1.028
May 56 6 10 3 0 1 <b>3 13</b> 0 16 0 0 .179 .333 .286 .619

Scoring Position 24 14 4 0 0 0 6 11 0 5 0 0 <b>.167</b> .429 .167 .596

A 167 slugging % with runners in scoring position is just stunning may help explain the 3 RBIs in 56 AB during the month of May.

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=98462:date=May 26 2010, 04:16 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98456:date=May 26 2010, 03:24 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98454:date=May 26 2010, 03:13 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98447:date=May 26 2010, 02:28 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I disagree. I would say when a player is slumping it's usually difficult to keep walking.

Also, just because he recently took a third strike looking doesn't mean he's "looking to get walked". In May he put 43 balls in play compared to April when he put 47 balls in play. Seems you're wrong again.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In no way does that prove me wrong. Putting a ball in play does not equate to not looking for a walk. He's not jumping on hittable pitches early in the count and is taking them for called strikes. He then is forced to swing at pitcher's pitches later in the sequence. The dude is looking for a walk and letting good pitches go by on a consistent basis. Also, your numbers are wrong. It's 38 in May and 42 in April. His BB totals have gone down by 4 this month and his K totals have risen by 4.
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He was letting good pitches by when he was hitting the crap out of the ball too. You're making it sound like he's afraid to hit the ball and that's just not true.

How are you getting 38 and 42 by the way?
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Taking PAs and subtracting BBs and hits, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he hasn't been HBP, that would lower both totals.

Also, anyone that's been paying attention can tell you that he's letting way, way too many hittable balls go by. That wasn't happening earlier on, it just wan't. He's being too selective, to that point that he looks like he's trying to draw a walk every time up. I'm not sure how that's even up for debate, it's exactly what's happening.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=98470:date=May 26 2010, 06:32 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 06:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98462:date=May 26 2010, 04:16 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98456:date=May 26 2010, 03:24 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98454:date=May 26 2010, 03:13 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98447:date=May 26 2010, 02:28 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98446:date=May 26 2010, 02:26 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 26 2010, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=98445:date=May 26 2010, 02:18 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 26 2010, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not swinging anymore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He's still walking though. Nice to see that he's still getting on base at a decent clip while slumping.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty easy to walk when you don't swing. He's looking to get walked, you can tell by his plate approach.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I disagree. I would say when a player is slumping it's usually difficult to keep walking.

Also, just because he recently took a third strike looking doesn't mean he's "looking to get walked". In May he put 43 balls in play compared to April when he put 47 balls in play. Seems you're wrong again.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In no way does that prove me wrong. Putting a ball in play does not equate to not looking for a walk. He's not jumping on hittable pitches early in the count and is taking them for called strikes. He then is forced to swing at pitcher's pitches later in the sequence. The dude is looking for a walk and letting good pitches go by on a consistent basis. Also, your numbers are wrong. It's 38 in May and 42 in April. His BB totals have gone down by 4 this month and his K totals have risen by 4.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He was letting good pitches by when he was hitting the crap out of the ball too. You're making it sound like he's afraid to hit the ball and that's just not true.

How are you getting 38 and 42 by the way?
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Taking PAs and subtracting BBs and hits, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he hasn't been HBP, that would lower both totals.

Also, anyone that's been paying attention can tell you that he's letting way, way too many hittable balls go by. That wasn't happening earlier on, it just wan't. He's being too selective, to that point that he looks like he's trying to draw a walk every time up. I'm not sure how that's even up for debate, it's exactly what's happening.
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It's what I'm seeing. I hope it's not Rudy overselling plate discipline.