Posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2014 3:37:00 PM (view original):
Posted by burnsy483 on 2/11/2014 3:23:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2014 3:18:00 PM (view original):
Posted by burnsy483 on 2/11/2014 3:14:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2014 3:06:00 PM (view original):
And my argument has been that EM wasn't afforded the same protection as most of them. The players hitting behind were not good. Because of that, I need him to expand his strike zone just a tiny bit.
So it would make sense that he's walked a lot, right?
Most guys who hit behind the elite cleanup hitter aren't nearly as good. It's not just Martinez.
Most guys who hit behind the elite cleanup hitter were better than the guys who hit behind Martinez. Seattle has had three good hitters since their inception and Jay Buhner(who had a few good power years). And Buhner is the only one who hit behind EM.
It should go without saying that he's in a better position walking and getting on base, rather than swinging at balls that are balls/borderline at best when he doesn't need to. When Russ Davis is up next (he batted .265 and slugged .463. he averaged 37 doubles and 25 homers per 162 games as a Mariner. Not horrible) do you really want Edgar swinging at the 1-0 cutter away on the black, rather than taking the pitch? Do you understand why strikes are taken?
Is it your contention that every pitch EM took was a cutter on the black? Do you have any proof of this?
Pitches are taken for any number of reasons. Do you think there's only one reason EM took a pitch?
You're allowed to argue that he took too many pitches he could hit with no proof, and I can't argue that wasn't true?
Yea, he was a great hitter. He mashed the baseball. Based on that knowledge, I'm assuming he knew what he was doing. Swing at the pitches he thought he can hit hard, don't swing at balls and pitches he didn't.
2/11/2014 3:41 PM (edited)