![]() ![]() Mike Petriello of MLB.com named Pivetta one of his five breakout pitchers for the year, citing Pivetta’s high strikeout rate and swing-and-miss ability with his curveball. Thanks to the improvements Pivetta made and the success he showed early in the year, Pivetta is being talked about as a breakout candidate for the year. Those numbers, as with Voit and Reyes, point to difficulty with certain pitches, either in their location or their movement.ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 17: Nicholas Pivetta #43 of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park on Apin Atlanta, Georgia. 330 OBP despite a 29.7% strikeout rate in 2019. He had major league experience in two prior seasons, so conclusions about his performance are a bit more well-grounded in his history. Like Reyes and Voit, this was McMahon’s first full season in MLB. Ryan McMahon’s Z-swing percentage was 76.7%, while his Z-contact% was 78.3%. The idea that tiny changes in his approach in-season can lead to brief cold stretches at the plate has been much discussed, and is the most likely culprit behind his ever-so-slightly lower than expected Z-contact%. Harper is known for his plate discipline, but he’s also well-known for his unusual batting stance with its lots of fiddly bits. Whether he’s in the running for an MVP, or having a season that pundits call “disappointing” measured against Harper’s real or imagined potential, his underlying stats for 2019 were largely in line with his career norms. Harper’s been in the league for eight seasons now you might have heard of him. His performance going forward will help clarify that weakness, and his ability to address it.īryce Harper had a Z-swing percentage of 77.3% in 2019, with a Z-contact% of 79.3%. Here, again, it looks like a batter with a good idea of the strike zone, but a weakness in a certain part of that zone, or against a specific type of pitches, or both. 310 OBP was not stellar by contemporary standards, with a 28.5% strikeout rate appearing to be a strong contributor there. Reyes wasn’t a pull-hitter, with 43.1% of his hits toward center field. As with Voit, 2019 was Reyes’ first full season of MLB at-bats, making it harder to draw meaningful conclusions. It remains to be seen if he closes that hole going forward.įranmil Reyes’ Z-swing% in 2019 was 77.6%, while his Z-contact% was 76.8%. His high pulled pitched rate of 47.9% could again be a contributing factor, while his strikeout rate of 27.8% indicates a likely hole in his swing path that pitchers were able to exploit. 378 was solid, indicating a good knowledge of the strike zone overall. Voit’s major league experience prior to this year was limited to 62 games with the Cardinals in 2017, so comparisons and conclusions about his performance are tricky, at best. ![]() From these numbers, this looks like Davis was pulling off of pitches, either swinging over or ahead of pitches that wound up in the zone, perhaps as pitchers used a greater variety of offspeed pitches to curb his prodigious power. Neither his strikeout numbers nor his walk rate were much different than his career norms. ![]() ![]() 387, the lowest it’s been since Davis’ first foray into AA ball in 2011.ĭavis marginally increased his percentage of batted balls pulled in 2019, to 40.4%, so this doesn’t look like a case of Father Time reducing his bat speed. The real hint in the difference in Davis’ Z-contact% could actually lie in his slugging percentage. It was a down year in general for baseball’s Mr. Khris Davis had a Z-swing% of 82.2% in 2019. ![]()
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