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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Do you think it's a coaching issue there, and similar to the league wide trend of free swinging players? I know you question my concern about Matias, but I see someone like him as looking an awful lot like Joey Gallo. It appears Pratto isn't much better, but without the power. By my calculation Melendez also has a 32% SO rate. They all appear to have horrible plate discipline. So what's the deal? Is that just to be expected with 19 year olds in A ball? And should we expect to see them to repeat the same level next year until they can mature and learn some plate discipline?
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Combination of factors.
Age. Approach. Maybe coaching - or what they’re having them focus on.
It’s not just about plate discipline. You can have good plate discipline and still K a lot.
Melendez has a double digit walk rate if I’m remembering correctly. Pratto and Matias have average-ish walk rates.
The hard thing about stat scouting the minors is you don’t know what they’re having them work on day-to-day. Just like teams sometimes take a pitch away from a pitcher to develop other offerings, they sometimes will tell a hitter to do certain things with their approach to help develop other parts of their game.
Example: tell a guy he can’t swing at
Any first-pitch fastballs.
It’s something KC hasn’t been aggressive with on its hitting development in the past. Not sure of the organizational approach there now.