He pulls off everything with that "Japanese" swing. Why not step forward instead of bailing out? It's maddening to watch. It seems like that and he also stands to close to the plate. I wasnt expecting him to be great here in his first year.But not this brutal He has a good eye at the plate, but even when he reaches the outside pitch he doesn't do anything with it. I can't believe it's that hard of a thing to fix. Step forward not toward 1B. I teach 12 year olds this every summer. So Japanese pitchers can't pitch outside? This is why I'm still confused what's really going on. Fuku was a very, very solid hitter in Japan for an extended period of time. Sure, it's not MLB but there's talent there. Certainly enough talent to pound the outside on him. Yet he succeeded. There's got to be something more happening than just "MLB found a hole in his swing." They would have found that hole in Japan too if that's all it was. He's lost confidence or something. I don't know. You're probably right, but the biggest concern I have is his first step.