8/19 - Royals (Singer) vs Cubs (Steele): 1:20pm, Marquee

[Stratos]

Morel is 3rd in baseball in pull%.  He's trying to yank every pitch down the LF line into the bleachers.  Teams/pitchers aren't stupid so they're all throwing soft stuff low and away and he swings through it every single time unless they make a mistake and it falls over the heart of the plate.  He whiffs on 43% of breaking balls.  He needs to change the approach.

Swanson isn't much better in pull %, and he's even more ineffective against non-fastballs.  He gets 52% FB, should be more like 20% LOL.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Stratos

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Diamondbacks on track to sweep the Padres today and be 1/2 game behind the Cubs

10 days ago I was more worried about the Padres. I guess that's over with now.

[PackLandVA]

The Padres are a dumpster fire. A really expensive dumpster fire. How safe is Bob Melvin?

[CubUgly]

8 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

The Padres are a dumpster fire. A really expensive dumpster fire. How safe is Bob Melvin?

And they doled out a lot of long contracts that won't age well.  Reportedly serious locker room issues on that team.

[Tim]

1 hour ago, CubUgly said:

And they doled out a lot of long contracts that won't age well.  Reportedly serious locker room issues on that team.

They should trade Soto to us.