Let’s pump the brakes here a bit. The Mets have seen this movie before. Jeff Francoeur walked 9 times in April and didn’t walk another 9 times from there until July. You can equate both these players as ‘free swingers” if you wish but the media was all over “Frency’s” new approach too as it was happening and he went back to his strikeouts when he wasn’t getting the bat results he wanted from all those early season walks. Even Mendy pumped the brakes when asked in the after game presser that LouBob is gonna strikeout. If the guy can stay on the field is the biggest problem the Mets face. If he can play 150 games the guy will hit 25/30hrs. He’s too strong for that not to happen. It’s just availability that saps his numbers. He has been at Soto’s hip all spring and him not being the guy here will benefit him most.
Absolutely James, and I urged caution throughout the piece. Everyone is talking about him being a potential wild card, and it is worth having the conversation. But you also have to take into account it is one game and many factors have to be taken into account here, and they were all stressed throughout the article.
Let’s pump the brakes here a bit. The Mets have seen this movie before. Jeff Francoeur walked 9 times in April and didn’t walk another 9 times from there until July. You can equate both these players as ‘free swingers” if you wish but the media was all over “Frency’s” new approach too as it was happening and he went back to his strikeouts when he wasn’t getting the bat results he wanted from all those early season walks. Even Mendy pumped the brakes when asked in the after game presser that LouBob is gonna strikeout. If the guy can stay on the field is the biggest problem the Mets face. If he can play 150 games the guy will hit 25/30hrs. He’s too strong for that not to happen. It’s just availability that saps his numbers. He has been at Soto’s hip all spring and him not being the guy here will benefit him most.
Absolutely James, and I urged caution throughout the piece. Everyone is talking about him being a potential wild card, and it is worth having the conversation. But you also have to take into account it is one game and many factors have to be taken into account here, and they were all stressed throughout the article.