Uncle Ethan wrote:
Trey,
Not to be argumentative, but if someone is trying to persuade you that the hitting is the problem with this ballclub, they are just not watching the games.
It's funny you should start with that - the person I talked with doesn't watch many games, but I won't get in to that.
No one was trying to persuade me toward anything. And I'm certainly not saying that hitting is THE problem. I'm saying we have more than one problem (pitching). We have many problems. Those conference statistics standings aren't made up. We're in the bottom 3rd in every offensive category but doubles.
We've given up the most steals in the league, allowing people to easily move into scoring position and making it even harder on the pitchers --- I'm sure many of the 70 SBs against are off the pitching, but you can't let teams steal two bases on you a game. Teams are attempting more steals against us than any other team. It's just another of the problems.
Sure, the guys on the mound should shoulder a large share of the blame, but the guys stepping into the box are just as much to blame. If people want to say that the players are not being coached properly, they can. I have no idea. I'm just telling you what the numbers say on offense and on the mound. And neither location is looking very good.