Posted by bad_luck on 2/26/2015 4:05:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 2/26/2015 3:54:00 PM (view original):
Does wanting to strike out less and convert those AB into hits only apply to Trout?
Nope and it also doesn't apply to, "an out is an out."
No one has ever argued that strikeouts are the same as balls in play or that players shouldn't try to get hits. Just that, once you're out, how you made that out doesn't matter.
And that's where your basic ignorance about baseball displays itself for all the world to see.
Is a ground out that advances a runner from second to third the same as a strikeout?
Is a fly out that scores a runner from third the same as a strikeout?
For God's sake, even a ground ball force-out that "replaces" a slow runner at first with a faster runner at first is a marginal improvement, and is better than a strikeout.