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Originally Posted by Coach
It's probably becuase pitchers in the AL has tape of him and know his weakness, so they adjusted to his weakness. Now the question is, can he adjust to them?
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Yep, thats the thing about baseball. Its not a constant with never-changing variables where what you do at the beginning is going to be the story of your career.
A lot of pitchers and hitters break into the majors doing reasonably well or on fire. Then the other teams study him and realize the hitter has a gaping hole in his swing down and in, they cant resist swinging at a ball high and outside, or the pitcher's nifty-looking curve is almost never a strike. The rest of the league adjusts to exploit those weaknesses, which is why a player's 2nd and 3rd seasons sometimes stink. The difference between a failure and a good player is the ability to realize whats going on, and adjust so that your hitting those low inside pitches, lay off the outside toss, or proving that you can throw that curve for a strike. The greatest players have no glaring weaknesses at all.