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D-train wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:18 am

Seems JK started his annual death spiral a bit earlier this season. lol OPS just dipped under .800. Guessing it will be around my .657 target in a couple weeks....

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Seattle or Bust wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:16 am

Don't look now, but Jesse Winker is hitting .354/.483/.521/1.004 with the Nationals. 17 hits in 48 ABs... 9 walks, 10 k's in 60 PA's.

Lovely.

gil wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:18 pm

Seattle or Bust wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:16 am

Don't look now, but Jesse Winker is hitting .354/.483/.521/1.004 with the Nationals. 17 hits in 48 ABs... 9 walks, 10 k's in 60 PA's.

Lovely.

Yeah, this after Winker batting .199 for Milwaukee's last year. Do you think there is any Brewer fan board full of recriminations about how bad Brewers coaching and management are, with the evidence being that Winker did so poorly with them and (small sample size obviously) is thriving after leaving?

But even more unpredictable than his outings were Kikuchi’s reactions to them. He tinkered with his mechanics, arm slot and release point incessantly. He often would overreact to a bad outing or even a bad warm-up session while obsessing for velocity that was always there. He’d listen to any and every suggestion, trying to implement them all. By the end, he was an overloaded amalgamation of other people’s input with minimal memory of what made him successful enough to come to MLB.

“All players are going to be looking for the edge,” Servais said. “You’re looking to get just a little incrementally better. You don’t ever want to stop that. But changing full blown mechanics and arm actions and things like that, I certainly hope he doesn’t go down that path again. He’s not going to stop making adjustments. You just don’t want the overhaul. That’s what we want to stay away from.”