Need for Walks

The papers are now starting to write about the M's and their lack of walks- Hickey

This is something I have mentioned several times- the M's look like high school hitters in many at bats. No, worse than high school. Too many of them seem to want to hack at anything near the plate.

We see opposing hitters laying off consistently pitches out of the strike zone. This forces our pitchers to resort to fastballs over the plate to get a strike, and means they can't go deep in the game. Conversely, we see opposing pitchers working deep into the game while our "hitters" swing away.

I really hope Hargrove is able to get the message across. In general, it is hard to get a club to change mid-season at the plate. If Hargrove is going to be an effective manager for this club, he needs to get it done.

What is really troubling for the club is not only are they hacking away and not drawing walks, they are hitting for no power.

No walks.

No power.

No Wins.