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Originally Posted by Parallex
He doesn't really sell out for power, if he was a glory hound he wouldn't have his exceptional walk rate... he'd swing at everything and be JP Arencibia. Sorry, I really think that if Bautista sold out his power for contact (and he makes good contact anyways) he'd be a less effective baseball player as he'd end up creating more outs.
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Exactly!
Let's not forget, the guy has the highest on base % in baseball. That doesn't really say "me first" and "swinging for the fences" to me.