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Walks per Game
| Edgy DC May 14 2011 01:20 PM |
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I don't want to over-conclude, but our team's walk level is returning to where it was in 2008, when the Carlos Delgado-revival-led Mets had the second best offense in the league.
We sit a mere 0.019 behind the Rockies, the sort of difference that fluctuatse based on start time. Don't know how much to conclude. Credit the new GM, new field boss, new batting coach? Dunno. But I like it and I think it may mean that there's offense in this team we haven't seen.
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| G-Fafif May 14 2011 01:32 PM Re: Walks per Game |
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Gary Cohen addressed the emphasis on OBP in general last night, noted that as philosophy of taking pitches taking hold around MLB, batters hesitating to swing at pitches in hitters' counts. We saw it with Thole recently.
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| Vince Coleman Firecracker May 14 2011 07:41 PM Re: Walks per Game |
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On the flip side, Mets pitchers are walking 3.7 batters per 9 innings, essentially tied for second worst in the league with Cincinnati and Colorado, trailing only Chicago.
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| Ceetar May 15 2011 07:51 AM Re: Walks per Game |
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Yeah, they just have a better approach I think. They do more "First pitch fastball hitting" as Kieth notes all the time, and it seems like they're actually swinging on hitters counts more often. I think it was almost a year that they didn't swing last year 3-0.
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| Edgy DC May 15 2011 03:56 PM Re: Walks per Game |
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Seven runs on five hits today.
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