Annoyed with Ramirez?

[CubbieBum]

My perception is that Aramis is simply swinging at pitches he doesn't usually swing at. He's normally pretty selective, but I have seen him swing at more crap in the past couple weeks than he usually does in a half a season. Why? I have no clue.

 

Agreed, this is the part I'm noticing. He's striking out swinging at a ridiculous rate (for him) and not really taking anything.

 

That's part of it but the biggest thing to me is that he is continually missing on the pitches he normally crushes. That is more alarming to me than bad discipline. I think it is easier for someone to stop swinging at bad pitches than get their swing to get the ball squarely.

 

Right now he isn't really doing anything well so there is a list of things someone can notice as a problem.

[Guest]

Looking at his swing numbers, it seems that the big problem is contact. He's not swinging more often or chasing pitches more often, he's just not making contact, and not making contact on pitches in the zone.

[Hawk4Hall]

I'm frankly annoying with pretty much the entire team right now. The past four games have been terrible.

[Ballgame64]

One thing I have noticed is it doesn't seem like Aramis is willing to go the other way with men on base. He seems pull conscious so far and that is not good.

 

Personally, I still think Lou needs to hold these guys accountable. Aramis is not getting the job done right now. There is no reason he can't be benched for a couple of days. I'm not saying the team's terrible start is all Aramis' fault, but at what point does Lou take playing time away from these guys if they are not performing?

[questionmarkgrace]

I bet his struggles have literally nothing to do with it and you're just trying to validate your preexisting belief that he's lazy.

 

thanks for illuminating my motives for starting this thread. I bet you can tell me exactly what I'm thinking right now as well....

 

I wasn't saying he was lazy so much as I was saying that I think he got the easy go around, some call it star treatment, in spring training and now he's not performing. He even mentioned at some point during the spring that he didn't need the at bats that he would be able to hit when the season starts. I remember theriot even backing him up in a tribune article saying that guys like Ramirez always hit. Well its here now and all I'm saying is, hey where you at?

 

It seems clear that he is completely off at the plate. he's not a strikeout guy and he's striking out at an alarming rate. In 2008 with the cubs he struck out 16% of the time the most since being with the cubs. This year he's started off with +34% of his at bats ending in K's. Granted small sample size and the bullpen's woes are worse but he needs to start hitting because these games are just as important the ones in September.

[Sammy Sofa]

So you don't think he was actually injured?