Julio winning Rookie of the Year is about all the M’s have going. He had a slow start but is probably the best hitter on the team already. Thats not true. Not even close. You're always too quick to jump to conclusions about individual players. You got one right on Kelenic though. What else do the M’s have worth watching? I didn’t mean they have no other decent players. They have Crawford, Lewis (when healthy), and France. By the end of the year, Julio will have had the best season besides maybe France. Julio winning ROY is the only thing the M’s have going because they aren’t sniffing the playoffs. Even if they started hitting better, the bullpen is terrible. TSIO. Funny that the bullpen would stick out as the biggest weakness at this point. Shows how fast and easy a lineup can fall apart. Giles, Swanson and Sadler being hurt has been a blow. Steckenrider sucking was not surprising.They aren't out of the playoffs. TSINO Roadie. Their best hitting is ahead of them, as is a stronger bullpen. Or not. I won't lose sleep either way but I'll still be interested in individual performance even if they keep sucking.
Julio winning Rookie of the Year is about all the M’s have going. He had a slow start but is probably the best hitter on the team already. Thats not true. Not even close. You're always too quick to jump to conclusions about individual players. You got one right on Kelenic though. What else do the M’s have worth watching? I didn’t mean they have no other decent players. They have Crawford, Lewis (when healthy), and France. By the end of the year, Julio will have had the best season besides maybe France. Julio winning ROY is the only thing the M’s have going because they aren’t sniffing the playoffs. Even if they started hitting better, the bullpen is terrible. TSIO.
Julio winning Rookie of the Year is about all the M’s have going. He had a slow start but is probably the best hitter on the team already. Thats not true. Not even close. You're always too quick to jump to conclusions about individual players. You got one right on Kelenic though.
Julio winning Rookie of the Year is about all the M’s have going. He had a slow start but is probably the best hitter on the team already.
It's been very clear to me with Kelenic it is 100% mental. He has 2 or 3 instances where I have seen reports of him "changing his swing" because of the slump. Hes a MLB player, he doesn't need to be doing that. Tweaking stuff? Sure but changing your swing is just weird and reeks of finding an excuse why he hasn't been hitting. When Kelenic squares a ball up he hits it harder than almost everyone on the team. His issue is that his at bats are fucking TERRIBLE. His mental breaks after the first pitch. Watches a fastball right down the tube, swings at off speed way out of the zone... great now you are at 0-2 and have already mentally folded. The at bat is over at that point. Someone just needs to slap him and tell him to play fucking baseball and not hero ball.
It's been very clear to me with Kelenic it is 100% mental. He has 2 or 3 instances where I have seen reports of him "changing his swing" because of the slump. Hes a MLB player, he doesn't need to be doing that. Tweaking stuff? Sure but changing your swing is just weird and reeks of finding an excuse why he hasn't been hitting. When Kelenic squares a ball up he hits it harder than almost everyone on the team. His issue is that his at bats are fucking TERRIBLE. His mental breaks after the first pitch. Watches a fastball right down the tube, swings at off speed way out of the zone... great now you are at 0-2 and have already mentally folded. The at bat is over at that point. Someone just needs to slap him and tell him to play fucking baseball and not hero ball. When a young Chuck Knox was an offensive line coach for the New York Jets, a rookie named Joe Namath was struggling terribly during a game. Knox went over and grabbed him and said, "Forget all that bullshit the coaches are telling you. Just pick a guy and let it fly." Namath said it was the bet advice he ever received. Knox made a man out of him that day. ATBS, Kelenic still sucks.
It's been very clear to me with Kelenic it is 100% mental. He has 2 or 3 instances where I have seen reports of him "changing his swing" because of the slump. Hes a MLB player, he doesn't need to be doing that. Tweaking stuff? Sure but changing your swing is just weird and reeks of finding an excuse why he hasn't been hitting. When Kelenic squares a ball up he hits it harder than almost everyone on the team. His issue is that his at bats are fucking TERRIBLE. His mental breaks after the first pitch. Watches a fastball right down the tube, swings at off speed way out of the zone... great now you are at 0-2 and have already mentally folded. The at bat is over at that point. Someone just needs to slap him and tell him to play fucking baseball and not hero ball. When a young Chuck Knox was an offensive line coach for the New York Jets, a rookie named Joe Namath was struggling terribly during a game. Knox went over and grabbed him and said, "Forget all that bullshit the coaches are telling you. Just pick a guy and let it fly." Namath said it was the bet advice he ever received. Knox made a man out of him that day. ATBS, Kelenic still sucks. There are no problems there are only opportunities for a solution- Chuck Knox
It's been very clear to me with Kelenic it is 100% mental. He has 2 or 3 instances where I have seen reports of him "changing his swing" because of the slump. Hes a MLB player, he doesn't need to be doing that. Tweaking stuff? Sure but changing your swing is just weird and reeks of finding an excuse why he hasn't been hitting. When Kelenic squares a ball up he hits it harder than almost everyone on the team. His issue is that his at bats are fucking TERRIBLE. His mental breaks after the first pitch. Watches a fastball right down the tube, swings at off speed way out of the zone... great now you are at 0-2 and have already mentally folded. The at bat is over at that point. Someone just needs to slap him and tell him to play fucking baseball and not hero ball. Hitting is 99% mental for guys who already have the tools. I agree completely that Kelenic is damaged goods as a Mariner now and there's a very slim chance he recovers. Get him hot at Tacoma and trade him has been my take on this since he was sent down.
When my golf swing goes and my confidence is shot the last thing I need is range time. What i need is to find my comfort zone again, but on the course wjere i can visualize shots and keep at it until i execute them. Sometimes ill jaut go play the holes that set up well to my eye and/or have shots that I rarely botch. Nothing breeds success like success.I was the same way in baseball. When I lost it the surest way out would be to hit off of my dad. Using a machine or hitting in a cage never helped me much except for speeding up my eye in prep for harder throwers. By high school he had to use an L screen and throw from about 40', but it worked fine. Something about his delivery just smoothed me out. If I could get two long sessions out of him I'd almost always go on a tear. Too bad his arm was rarely up to it by the time I was that old.Same thing always worked best for me as a coach up through 16 year olds. The kids got used to how I threw and trusted me and 1-2 extensive sessions, on the field and with good balls, and I'd have most or all of my good hitters hot. Nothing breeds success in hitting like success.
It reminded me of hiring a hitting coach, just out of pro ball. First day in the cages with him, it was 7 hacks and out, and he was throwing. A guy gets in, barrels the first pitch, and he tells the kid “Get out”. Kid asked why, and he responded with “You can’t hit it better than that. If you go for more, you’ll fuck it up”…EDIT: Our mantra became “BUGTFO”…Barrel up and GTFO…
I think if they keep taking 2 out of 3 they'll catch the Astros sometime around May, 2023.Good to win series especially against good teams, but they need a win streak sometime.
I think if they keep taking 2 out of 3 they'll catch the Astros sometime around May, 2023.Good to win series especially against good teams, but they need a win streak sometime. We(?) have gone through a bad streak...IF the M's are as good as we hoped, that will be it. The Astros will come back to us, but will we be there, is the question for me. Every good team goes through at least one rough patch, if not more. 2 weeks ago the Angels were going to run away with it...
