Major League Baseball (Part 2)

[JonnyA]

Major League Baseball (Part 1)

At that point I think he was considered one of the biggest 1st round-1st overall busts ever. Nothing he’s doing seems sustainable, but that’s what I said a week or two into the Maniac era. Dude basically never walks and strikes out at a 30% clip with a .450 BABIP haha. His plate discipline metrics are completely ridiculous. Here’s 2023 Moniak (2023 League Average): Swing%: 61% (47%) Swinging strike%: 21% (11%) Out of zone swing%: 47% (32%) Out of zone contact%: 51% (62%) Zone swing%: 80% (6…

Pretty much as soon as you posted this the terrible plate discipline caught up with him and he fell off a cliff. Pretty hard to be a decent hitter when you are striking out 50% of the time.