I don't know why pitchers throw him strikes at all. Granted, he saw the fewest percentage of pitches in the strike zone of any qualified batter in the league last year (34.8%, second place was Pete Alonso at 36.2%), but I still think that's too high. Until he proves he won't chase just throw him nothing but garbage.
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Elite discipline
I don't know why pitchers throw him strikes at all. Granted, he saw the fewest percentage of pitches in the strike zone of any qualified batter in the league last year (34.8%, second place was Pete Alonso at 36.2%), but I still think that's too high. Until he proves he won't chase just throw him nothing but garbage.
“If Javy lays off the slider in the dirt, he can become the next Manny Ramirez” - Joe Maddon
Javier Baez on the Cubs was elite for a few years. Hasn't been the same since 2020.
I swear he got a homerun off a swing like that once
He did
Great instinct
Except that instinct has not worked out for him with the Tigers, dude is striking out on everything out of the zone now
So what happens to him? Is he to old his hand eye coordination just gone?
I'd be pissed off
0:24 bonk
he does this every at bat lmfao. these are the only times that shit has worked
how was he not out for running out of the baseline at 0:20?
It's a judgment call and the runner gets 3 feet on either side of the base path that they establish.