Geovany Sotos swing

[Peoriaman]

teams have figured him out.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Soto will be fine once he adjusts to all the breaking pitches he's getting on the outer half. If he can keep dumping that pitch into RF once he has two strikes, like he did today, he'll be just fine.

[SouthSideRyan]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

[CubinNY]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

It has been kryptonite for Soto for about a month, same for Lee, same for Soriano, but for his entire career. You can deny it, but it is true. They aren't working him inside and setting up the ball low and away (Steve Stone analysis), they are starting there and working further away. Soriano's last K yesterday was three feet outside.

 

I think Soto will adjust.

[SouthSideRyan]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

It has been kryptonite for Soto for about a month, same for Lee, same for Soriano, but for his entire career. You can deny it, but it is true. They aren't working him inside and setting up the ball low and away (Steve Stone analysis), they are starting there and working further away. Soriano's last K yesterday was three feet outside.

 

I think Soto will adjust.

 

According to this all you ever have to do is throw breaking balls low and away and you'll be Steve Nebraska. I've noticed no change in the way Soto's being pitched from the beginning of the year.

[CubinNY]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

It has been kryptonite for Soto for about a month, same for Lee, same for Soriano, but for his entire career. You can deny it, but it is true. They aren't working him inside and setting up the ball low and away (Steve Stone analysis), they are starting there and working further away. Soriano's last K yesterday was three feet outside.

 

I think Soto will adjust.

 

According to this all you ever have to do is throw breaking balls low and away and you'll be Steve Nebraska. I've noticed no change in the way Soto's being pitched from the beginning of the year.

Then you haven't been paying close enough attention.

[SouthSideRyan]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

It has been kryptonite for Soto for about a month, same for Lee, same for Soriano, but for his entire career. You can deny it, but it is true. They aren't working him inside and setting up the ball low and away (Steve Stone analysis), they are starting there and working further away. Soriano's last K yesterday was three feet outside.

 

I think Soto will adjust.

 

According to this all you ever have to do is throw breaking balls low and away and you'll be Steve Nebraska. I've noticed no change in the way Soto's being pitched from the beginning of the year.

Then you haven't been paying close enough attention.

 

Nobody ever sees a change in the way a hitter's being attacked when they're doing well. Soto's doing poorly lately, therefore, you're looking for things that aren't necessarily there. Soto was laying off those pitches earlier in the year and walking a ton. Now he's not.

[Peoriaman]

teams have figured him out.

 

We should probably release him.

 

This Steve Stone analysis just drives me insane, oh the teams through intense research realized that throwing breaking balls low and away is his kryptonite!

It has been kryptonite for Soto for about a month, same for Lee, same for Soriano, but for his entire career. You can deny it, but it is true. They aren't working him inside and setting up the ball low and away (Steve Stone analysis), they are starting there and working further away. Soriano's last K yesterday was three feet outside.

 

I think Soto will adjust.

 

According to this all you ever have to do is throw breaking balls low and away and you'll be Steve Nebraska. I've noticed no change in the way Soto's being pitched from the beginning of the year.

Then you haven't been paying close enough attention.

 

Nobody ever sees a change in the way a hitter's being attacked when they're doing well. Soto's doing poorly lately, therefore, you're looking for things that aren't necessarily there. Soto was laying off those pitches earlier in the year and walking a ton. Now he's not.

 

You are not paying attention. Teams have all changed how they are pitching him. That was confirmed to me by a MLB scout a few weeks ago.

[TruffleShuffle]

You are not paying attention. Teams have all changed how they are pitching him. That was confirmed to me by a MLB scout a few weeks ago.

 

as well they should. he's a good fastball hitter and a good inner-half hitter with strong pull tendencies. teams would be foolish not to throw him more breaking balls and more outside-corner pitches.

 

the home run tonight - on a 3-2 slider that was going to paint the low and outside corner - was a nice sign. it wasn't a great slider and it hung a bit, but it wasn't a bad pitch given that it was going to be a outer-half stike and was thrown on a fastball count. geo is still swinging at fewer than 20% of pitches outside the strike zone, and his walk rate has stayed solid, so it's not like he's going up to the plate and just flailing at everything. he has the tools to adjust to big league pitching; maybe he's not a .900 or 1.000 OPS guy, but even an .800 OPS catcher with good defense is still very valuable for a cheap price.

[Soul]

You are not paying attention. Teams have all changed how they are pitching him. That was confirmed to me by a MLB scout a few weeks ago.

 

as well they should. he's a good fastball hitter and a good inner-half hitter with strong pull tendencies. teams would be foolish not to throw him more breaking balls and more outside-corner pitches.

 

the home run tonight - on a 3-2 slider that was going to paint the low and outside corner - was a nice sign. it wasn't a great slider and it hung a bit, but it wasn't a bad pitch given that it was going to be a outer-half stike and was thrown on a fastball count. geo is still swinging at fewer than 20% of pitches outside the strike zone, and his walk rate has stayed solid, so it's not like he's going up to the plate and just flailing at everything. he has the tools to adjust to big league pitching; maybe he's not a .900 or 1.000 OPS guy, but even an .800 OPS catcher with good defense is still very valuable for a cheap price.

 

It was in the general area he's been missing. I agree, it was certainly very nice to see.