April 11, 2008
Slumps and Pitch Selection
Dave Magadan discusses David Ortiz's slump:
"He's just frustrated right now," hitting coach Dave Magadan said. "He started getting outside the strike zone, which is something that he doesn't normally do. He showed a good sign tonight, last two at-bats, took some pitches that are outside the zone. When he's doing that, he's at his best. It doesn't matter who you are, if you're swinging at balls, you're not going to get hits."
I always liked Magadan as a hitter, and that last sentence is a good philosophy to bring to a club.
Posted by David Pinto at
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They are throwing him a lot of slow stuff away and he's not going that way - he either takes it for a strike - and a lot of them last nite looked outside or tries to pull them and it's 4-3 from RF. He hit into the 4-5-3 DP last nite and Polanco was 40 feet into RF. He's taking a lot of walks but he'll start going the other way and then get straightened out.