Cards' Early 2010 Plate Discipline

Graphical representation of Cardinals hitters' plate discipline inspired by Tom S' recent post (Early Season Offensive Check-in). All numbers from FanGraphs.

about 2 years ago AndyB83 1 comment 1 recs |

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well done, andy. i like the graphical representation a lot.

not surprising to see rasmus and luddy at the selective end of the spectrum, and a swing-happy holliday and pujols joining skippy at the free-swinging end.

freese is the big surprise to me, showing a selectivity that probably speaks well to his likelihood of continuing as a decent hitter; usually swinging too much is the vice of the rookie. he’s still getting a fair amount of BABIP luck, so he’ll regress some, but probably not off the charts.

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by tom s. on May 1, 2010 3:25 AM EDT reply actions

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