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Originally Posted by Dan02
moreso then getting rid of Gibbons. I think we need a new batting coach, how so many premier hitters can all of a sudden hit the tank together at the same time is pretty much impossible.
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... I think what "we" need is just a bit of patience. For starters Donaldson may not have been hitting well over the past 15 but his overall line is still very good and you don't fire someone over a 15 game sample. As far as the rest go on the year as a whole...
Bautista BABIP = .243
Tulo BABIP = .213
Encarnation BABIP = .273
Those are all below MLB average (obscenely so in the case of Tulo) and mostly outside the batters control... they can't make the fielders go where the ball isn't. The only one I'm concerned about is EE since he's walking significantly less then he used to and K'ing more. And I don't think anyone ought to lose their job over what basically amounts to a bad turn from the luck dragon.