The preseason projections for Mookie had him at an OPS of around .900. I assume the projections are based on weighted averages of recent seasons, age et cetera. All the factors that make sense in such a calculation.
But it's all guesswork. You know that. We all know it. It's baseball and there is a lot of unpredictable stuff.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
He just reached peak (26-29).
He hit .897 at age 23, battled a wrtist injury at age 24 and still hit .803, then hit 1.078 at age 25.
He has struggled this year and still holds an .840 OPS.
His 2016-2019 OPS (4 years) is .908!
I'm thinking he has 2-3 more .900+ seasons in him.
I'd project his 26-29 (4 year) OPS to be over .925.
I think people put too much stock in a player's most recent performance level.
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Anybody looked at some film of Mookie and his swing last year and his swing this year? I have not. I have a feeling that its not as compact this year as last....and therefore not as quick through the strike zone. That might actually be a consequence of swinging at crap. He is getting to two strikes by taking good pitches to hit and then swinging at crap. Then the coup d' grace has been 2 strike crap low on the outer edge and swinging at THOSE pitches appears to have opened up his swing some in an effort to reach dead nuts pitchers pitches. I think its altered his swing on everything now. Worse, he seems to be looking for that pitchers pitch which he can't seem to hit anyway and he is being caught with the bat on his shoulder with two strikes on a pitch he can actually handle. In a word, he is a mess!
Can be fixed. But if he is going to keep taking good pitches to hit and swinging at crap, I don't see how this is supposed to get better.
Maybe if he does not change it gets marginally better just based on the law of averages.....but markedly better....I don't see it if he keeps on this way.
Last edited by jung; 06-11-2019 at 07:39 AM.
It's just not Betts doing that. At the critical juncture in the game, Beni took two strikes, and then fouled off a few before taking a fastball down the middle, Bobaerts also took two finally swinging and Llining out. Last year they seemed to be more prepared to swing at the frrst good pitch. Is it lack of aggressiveness this year that is part of the hittinng problem?
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Over the past 5 seasons Betts is a .224 BA, .314 SLG hitter when going the opposite way, one of the 10 worst oppo hitters in baseball. Not sure why the huge spike so far this year, he is actually getting more middle and inner thirds of the plate pitches and fewer away.
Only a theory .What if he's been aware of that part of his game even more after the MVP ? I mean guys like him work to the bone on all there weaknesses .Maybe just maybe someone needs to be the guy that says " hey dipshit yeah you MVP !!! Stop with the opo mess you suck at it !!! MVP do what bought you to this dance " or flame the F out ? On you clown show .Now I'm aware this is harshing on the millenials but where the hell are the Gibbys ? The Gators ? The Guys that don't let this stuff fly .