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Originally Posted by Kidder
One interesting development on the weekend I found watching.
Friday’s game, Buck and Dan talked a lot about Davis Schneider‘s early success. Attributing a lot of it to his method of patience, waiting on the right pitch to hit, because his numbers are ridiculous right now from the middle and inside.
Saturday comes around, and Greinke pitches him exclusively on the outside of the plate. Davis goes 0 for 4 with three SOs.
They continued that method Sunday. Another 0 fer day for Davis, albeit he did grab two walks.
If other teams were paying attention, and just refuse to pitch him anything other than the far side, he’ll need to adapt. On the graph they showed he has yet to hit a ball that’s low right corner.
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That's the benefit of scouting and video coaches micro analyzing everything. We should all temper our expectations with every rookie until they adapt to three or four seasons in the majors. The guy has had a great start but naturally that has led to focusing on his weaknesses early.