Posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2014 4:18:00 PM (view original):
Posted by burnsy483 on 2/11/2014 4:16:00 PM (view original):
Do you honestly think I think there's a 0% chance of more hits if Egdar swung at everything?
If your odds of being as successful as you can be are much less when you swing at a pitch that's out of the strike zone, or on the black, then wait for your pitch. If you don't get it, and you walk, your odds of winning and scoring runs go up.
If you're talking about a situation where you NEED a run, I understand getting angry when he's taking a hittable fastball on 2-0. But there's no evidence on how he handled those situations.
Who has suggested he swing at everything? Or that he must swing at pitches low and on the black?
I think good hitters should be able to handle a pitch that isn't in their wheelhouse. Is it your contention that every pitch he took was unhittable?
No. What did I say that made you think that? Why are you jumping to ridiculous conclusions on what I'm saying?
Have you also not considered the possibility that by taking the 1-0 pitch that wasn't a great pitch to swing at, then he allows himself to "wait for his pitch" and have a better atbat? He gets a better pitch to hit and smashes it?
Do you understand how atbats work? How you're supposed to handle yourself facing a pitcher?