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I'm assuming the season after he said "I want to cut down on strikeouts" but, truthfully, I don't know. I just assumed tec knew what he was talking about. I didn't look it up.
So you don't know if he cut his K's and improved his OPS?
Are you saying tec was incorrect?
Do you think I can't look it up?
Well...you don't even know what years to compare...so I guess you could try.
FWIW, Trout never significantly cut down on his strikeouts. He's always floated around low to mid 20%. 22, 22, 19, 26, 23, 20, and then 18 this year. Even when he went from 26% to 23%, it was only a difference of 26 Ks over the course of 700+ PAs.
Looks to me he dropped from 26% of his AB to 18% of his AB. You don't think that's noticeable?
The year over year numbers aren't that different, at least not different enough to argue that a normal variance in K rate deserves credit for a slight increase in production.
2012 - 22% K - .963 OPS
2013 - 19% K - .989 OPS
2014 - 26% K - .938 OPS
2015 - 23% K - .992 OPS
2016 - 20% K - .991 OPS
2017 - 18% K - 1.071 OPS
His career average K rate is 21.5. His average OPS is .976. The biggest difference between his best year and his worst year is his home run rate.
I just want to quote this again because "If he changed his approach, it didn't show in the results" is so ignorantly funny.
I'm happy to talk about the stats you posted.
In 2014 Trout struck out 26% of the time. Let's just base it on 600 PA(to simplify at 3.7 PA per game). 156 whiffs, .938 OPS
In 2017 Trout struck out 18% of the time. Again basing it on 600 PA. 108 whiffs, 1.071 OPS.
Pretty big difference if you ask me.
Now you can argue that he decrease his K rate by 3% between 2015 and 2016. Since I don't intend to be ignorantly funny like you, I'll say "Yep, he sure did and his OPS was practically the same." But then I'll note the 3% difference between 2014 and 2015 along with the huge OPS jump. I'll also note the 2% difference between 2016 and 2017 along with the OPS jump. I'll even point out the 2012 and 2013 numbers that indicate his OPS was higher than in 2014 with that ridiculous 26% K rate.
Then I'll ask one more time. Do you think Aaron Judge, who whiffeds in over 30% of his AB in 2017, could see some Mike Trout-like improvements in OPS by cutting down on his strikeout percentage?