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I have a slightly different take that I am writing up now.
 

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I have a slightly different take that I am writing up now.

I'm interested in hearing it, multiple takes are always best. CCS or WSD?
 

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I'm interested in hearing it, multiple takes are always best. CCS or WSD?
I don't really have writer status here so I was going to post it at WSD. I think the tenor of the piece is going to be similar, but there is some really interesting numbers when you break it down in the middle of the season that I am writing up now.
 

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I don't really have writer status here so I was going to post it at WSD. I think the tenor of the piece is going to be similar, but there is some really interesting numbers when you break it down in the middle of the season that I am writing up now.

Looking forward to it :)
 

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Cool...I'll share it on Facebook when more people are awake :D
 

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Dabynsky>>Me>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phil Rogers
"In his first at-bat tonight, Starlin Castro flied out to center field. He's 2-for-21 in August, continuing the slide that started about the time that Rudy Jaramillo was fired as hitting coach. Does Castro miss Jaramillo? It's a good question. He was batting .308 through June 10, which was Jaramillo's last day on the job, and has batted .230 since then, sending his average falling to .274. He had some bad stretches in 2010 and '11 but never such an extended slump as this one. The Cubs have said they'll decide the fate of interim hitting coach James Rowson after the season, and Castro's troubles won't help Rowson. Rumors persist that Theo Epstein/Jed Hoyer will import Dave Magadan, the Red Sox's hitting coach. We'll see."

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It's still a slump, and until he gets out of it that's what they'll write about, BABIP or luck or not.
 

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It's still a slump, and until he gets out of it that's what they'll write about, BABIP or luck or not.

Rogers is still being Special person "Does he miss Jaramillo? That's a good question."
 

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Rogers is always Special person :lol:
 

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Dabynsky>>Me>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phil Rogers
"In his first at-bat tonight, Starlin Castro flied out to center field. He's 2-for-21 in August, continuing the slide that started about the time that Rudy Jaramillo was fired as hitting coach. Does Castro miss Jaramillo? It's a good question. He was batting .308 through June 10, which was Jaramillo's last day on the job, and has batted .230 since then, sending his average falling to .274. He had some bad stretches in 2010 and '11 but never such an extended slump as this one. The Cubs have said they'll decide the fate of interim hitting coach James Rowson after the season, and Castro's troubles won't help Rowson. Rumors persist that Theo Epstein/Jed Hoyer will import Dave Magadan, the Red Sox's hitting coach. We'll see."

:lmao:

Yeah this overly kind because I didn't address his most recent slump. You worry that players start tinkering when things aren't working even if the indicators for future success are there (hitting the ball hard and walking). I trust Castro's ability to get himself out of this funk, but I am hoping these trends under Rowson continue when he does starting hitting like Castro again.
 

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You should do one about the weird hole in Brett Jackson's swing that leads to 7- or 8-pitch strikeouts :D
 

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You should do one about the weird hole in Brett Jackson's swing that leads to 7- or 8-pitch strikeouts :D

The only hole he has is the one in his bat.
 

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The only hole he has is the one in his bat.

He's capable of a lot more, there's something either mental or mechanical going on preventing him from making consistent contact though. I haven't watched enough to really know what it is. But I assume the coaches can figure it out.
 

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He's capable of a lot more, there's something either mental or mechanical going on preventing him from making consistent contact though. I haven't watched enough to really know what it is. But I assume the coaches can figure it out.

Hopefully. He's been highly touted for years. But why did Jaramillo get fired? I thought he was a well regarded hit coach? And is this Rowson guy really an upgrade? And do hitting coaches really have that big of an impact on the players/team?
 

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My opinion is that hitting coaches are there as another source of information but won't magically turn a shitty hitter into a great one. He merely finds flaws in the swing and helps fix it. But if the talent isn't there, there isn't much the hitting coach can do. The philosophy with Jaramillo seemed to be to swing at everything that was close to the strike zone, but just because something is a strike doesn't mean you can do anything with it. So it's possible Rowson has more of a patient approach with hitters where he teaches them which strikes are better to punish and which ones to lay off of. That's what players are supposed to learn as they mature.

For the most part, though, no coach or manager can turn shit into gold.
 

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