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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
3-2 count that would've loaded the bases with 1 out and Grichuk swings at a pitch that would have hit the plate if it wasn't also 6 inches wide of it. At no point anywhere in that ball's flight path could it have been remotely considered a strike. Grichuk knew he was going to swing before the pitcher went into his windup.
BRC, you have no idea how difficult it is for me to take the good with the bad with this guy. His bad is just SOOOOOO bad. I'm trying to overlook it because of the nights like last night but wow is it ugly.
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Let's hope that AB was an example of a young hitter still being overly aggressive and not what I fear could be a much harder trait to develop which is identifying pitches.
After the 2-1 pitch went to 3-1 I thought I saw a hint of recognition on his face that said..."ah you might be trying to pitch around me"...which they were in effect doing. After that pitch I think the pitcher thought "well heck if you are going to swing at crap, let's do this!" The 3-1 pitch is a ball that I think he just decided, this is a pitch I can hit somewhere and we get a run. The last one, just seemed like he didn't have a clue that it was breaking out of the zone, when most good HS hitters could have seen it coming. He is a puzzler. His upside could be fantastic, or he could turn into an Uggla type hitter. The middle upside projection to me is a better fielding Ron Gant.