The MLB lockout thread

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

I believe in my initial post I correlated adjusting to the shift with becoming a better hitter. Adjusting to the shift, learning to take what the defense gives you, is becoming a better hitter just as Mahomes learning to take what the defense gives him is him becoming a better QB. And Moose did this for a little while, I know, I was watching him hit to the opposite field.

Brett hit to all fields as it was, to suggest that he couldn’t take advantage of the shift is just silly. He was not just a product of his era, he was a legit hitter and competitor who would find success at any point in MLB history.

Look at how Moose performed against the shift - the adjustments he made were not to hit against it. And he’s not beating it with any great regularity. Not are teams shying away from using it against him. There’s nothing in the data to support the idea that he became a superior hitter by learning to hit against the shift or that it doesn’t remain an effective weapon against him.

As for Brett - yeah, he’s an all time great hitter. But saying that he’s just gonna take inside heat into RF when the best hitters in the modern game aren’t even routinely doing so without sacrificing significant run production ability is being far too presumptuous.