People are worried about Jose, so I looked at his career splits.
April 21, 2024
When June comes around and he's still in the .600-.700 ops range, maybe we can worry
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He’s also, in guardians standards, old
It’s funny that he clearly is just finding a way to contribute in April (SF, ROE), heats up in June and July, takes August off, then goes full 🐐 in crunch time.
To doubt Jose is to doubt your own existence
He has 18 RBIs already. Even if Jose doesn’t bat .300, he will almost certainly be the team leader in RBIs. Plus his defense is elite. There is never anything to worry about with our king.
IMO Jose needs a swing correction and mentality correction. Let Josh Naylor take over the power role, and tell Jose to get back to his roots as the original Steven Kwan prototype with plate discipline.
He’s great when he’s chasing league leading doubles, he self-defeats when he chases home runs.
He’s billed at 5’9 190lbs – I’ve watched a decade of him launching outs into the warning track and coming up 5 feet short on power.
I’ve watched a half decade of him trying to over-compensate for our horrible offense, he steepens his launch angle and/or swings for power too often and predictably leads to fly outs and pop outs in pressured situations.
I’d prefer if he flattened his swing and got on top of the ball more like the rest of the team. He’s got the eye, the patience, and the hustle to be the small ball king. His Home Run derby appearance confirms this.
I’d much rather see him at 15 home runs than 30. Get him out of that hero mindset. Emphasize contact play, the team would be better for it. You maximize his production by minimizing his outs, and his outs are majority driven by his power-adjusted hero mentality which is not a perfect fit for his physical size; just flatten the swing.
If Jose was 6’2 240 lbs he’d be the next Barry Bonds and hit 60 a year, but he’s 5’9 and for every HR he hits there’s 1 pop out and 1 fly out that should have been base hits.
Literally none of this shows his current problem. These are just all 1990 stats lol. His chase rate has gone up like 8-10% last time I looked. He’s constantly in swing mode, and pitchers are taking advantage of it and he’s getting weak contact.
It’s because of Josh Naylor!! Because… uhhh because
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He’s also, in guardians standards, old
It’s funny that he clearly is just finding a way to contribute in April (SF, ROE), heats up in June and July, takes August off, then goes full 🐐 in crunch time.
To doubt Jose is to doubt your own existence
He has 18 RBIs already. Even if Jose doesn’t bat .300, he will almost certainly be the team leader in RBIs. Plus his defense is elite. There is never anything to worry about with our king.
IMO Jose needs a swing correction and mentality correction. Let Josh Naylor take over the power role, and tell Jose to get back to his roots as the original Steven Kwan prototype with plate discipline.
He’s great when he’s chasing league leading doubles, he self-defeats when he chases home runs.
He’s billed at 5’9 190lbs – I’ve watched a decade of him launching outs into the warning track and coming up 5 feet short on power.
I’ve watched a half decade of him trying to over-compensate for our horrible offense, he steepens his launch angle and/or swings for power too often and predictably leads to fly outs and pop outs in pressured situations.
I’d prefer if he flattened his swing and got on top of the ball more like the rest of the team. He’s got the eye, the patience, and the hustle to be the small ball king. His Home Run derby appearance confirms this.
I’d much rather see him at 15 home runs than 30. Get him out of that hero mindset. Emphasize contact play, the team would be better for it. You maximize his production by minimizing his outs, and his outs are majority driven by his power-adjusted hero mentality which is not a perfect fit for his physical size; just flatten the swing.
If Jose was 6’2 240 lbs he’d be the next Barry Bonds and hit 60 a year, but he’s 5’9 and for every HR he hits there’s 1 pop out and 1 fly out that should have been base hits.
Literally none of this shows his current problem. These are just all 1990 stats lol. His chase rate has gone up like 8-10% last time I looked. He’s constantly in swing mode, and pitchers are taking advantage of it and he’s getting weak contact.
It’s because of Josh Naylor!! Because… uhhh because