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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0
it's why I can't really take people like 'Hamas' or PB serious because they look at fangraphs and then make conclusions
just yesterday Hamas was like 'nah Moose is the same guy he just had rat shit luck with BABIP last year!'
he totally ignored the fact that was because Moose constantly just pulled the ball into the shift. Every ****ing time. Over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over. OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TERRIBLE BABIP WHEN YOU HIT INTO THE DEFENSE EVERY TIME. That's the point of the shift.
This offseason, he worked on it, he became a complete hitter, and now he has more hits to left field than he does to right field. Of course his BABIP is going to much higher when he's using THE ENTIRE FIELD. You can't just say, "well he's just luckier this year because his BABIP is way up compared to last year!" There is a reason for that.
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You can't even read or lie worth a shit. Are the baby steps that ****ing hard?
Here's what I said to your claim that "confidence made him a better player."
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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Prove that it erased the doubt from Moustakas, then.
When I see Moustakas I see a guy who tries to make contact more than last year, so he K's a little less. He hits the same number of balls hard this year compared to last. His isolated power is the same. His walk rate is the same. His line drive rate is the same.
The only thing Moustakas has changed is that he's less pull happy. It's made him a more complete hitter, but certainly not a more powerful one. That's not a change due to confidence, that's a change in approach.
It's also an example of why saying "I've watched 90 Royals games" is largely meaningless. You can look at a guy through 350 at bats and claim that he's a completely different player when the data demonstrates that he is now using all fields and that (in part because he's hitting to all fields) he isn't hitting into rat shit luck to the tune of a .220 BABIP.
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So, you are either incapable of understanding what I posted or you just make shit up in an attempt to change the narrative.
Your claim was that confidence made him a better hitter. I asked for evidence, you provided none.
My claim was that he became less pull happy, which is what led to the uptick in his BA and BABIP. I provided hard data. It also indicated that he isn't hitting the ball any harder or seeing it much better (same walk rate, same BB profile).
Again, show me where Moustakas' confidence plays into this, or shut the **** up.