The foundation of offensive success is – avoiding outs. Building off that obvious point, I thought it would be useful to take a look at the last 30 days of action to see who (A) isn’t putting the ball in play, (B) who is taking a walk and (C) who is or isn’t controlling the
Walks
High K, Low BB, High GB, Arms
I say it a lot. What is that phrase that I often utter? I say, something like, you want strikeouts, walks and groundouts if we are just looking for shorthand approach to hurlers and which guys to target. We will talk about the interplay of punchouts, grounders and walks in what follows.Let’s go category by
The Importance of the Walk and Contact
People ask me, frequently, if there is one thing I should be looking at with a player, what should it be? I always respond in a manner that certainly must frustrate many – there is no one thing. I don’t do this to be obnoxious but merely because there’s really no one trait that brings