Everyone is really freaking out about Witt Jr I feel like…..and I get it…he isn’t the star we were told he would be. Not yet anyway. He’s a good player. He’s going to be a good player. If this organization didn’t have to call people up to be the savior ALL THE TIME…the narrative would be so much different. If you could bring him up, bat him 6th….that’s the ideal world. Anyway, I’m shocked the on base percentage is as low as it is. You know that is one of the things he was told to work on going into the year.
Been meaning to ask (and you did touch on it a bit), do you think Witt's struggles come from pitch recognition? I feel like he is just guessing a lot. If so, I'm not sure sending him to Omaha is going to help anyway.
"It’s unfortunate that the Royals are not legally allowed to win a game Lyles pitches..." is hilarious. Great article David! Not worried about Witt's performance whatsoever, he has already improved drastically defensively and advanced stats show he will get better at the plate (not in the leadoff role).
With the entire pitching staff unusually well-rested, we can only hope that Q has an extremely quick hook once Lyles starts trying to give the game away.
I'm probably way too late to get responses. I wasn't available yesterday. The Royals moved Witt to sixth for one game I think, then bumped him up to fourth for a week and now last night up to second. I wish they would bat him sixth or even seventh and leave him there for a month. Even if he gets hot or doesn't leave him alone and don't mess with him. He shouldn't feel pressure to perform and let him build up some confidence. Maybe it would help, maybe it wouldn't.
David, sat down and watched the game yesterday. Wanted to see Lynch and what he looked like. I stand corrected on my statement that I didn’t think they were historically bad. My saving grace was I watched a game where Olivares didn’t make an error so that was good. The error by Jr in the first inning…whatever it happens. But getting picked off third? WTF….and that’s a day after getting doubled up on an infield pop up I saw. I don’t watch all the games like you but if yesterday was any indication then Melendez is NOT getting better out there yet. What I watched yesterday was a bad team. The focus just isn’t there right now and someone needs to remind these guys this is the major leagues.
Everyone is really freaking out about Witt Jr I feel like…..and I get it…he isn’t the star we were told he would be. Not yet anyway. He’s a good player. He’s going to be a good player. If this organization didn’t have to call people up to be the savior ALL THE TIME…the narrative would be so much different. If you could bring him up, bat him 6th….that’s the ideal world. Anyway, I’m shocked the on base percentage is as low as it is. You know that is one of the things he was told to work on going into the year.
Been meaning to ask (and you did touch on it a bit), do you think Witt's struggles come from pitch recognition? I feel like he is just guessing a lot. If so, I'm not sure sending him to Omaha is going to help anyway.
"It’s unfortunate that the Royals are not legally allowed to win a game Lyles pitches..." is hilarious. Great article David! Not worried about Witt's performance whatsoever, he has already improved drastically defensively and advanced stats show he will get better at the plate (not in the leadoff role).
With the entire pitching staff unusually well-rested, we can only hope that Q has an extremely quick hook once Lyles starts trying to give the game away.
I'm probably way too late to get responses. I wasn't available yesterday. The Royals moved Witt to sixth for one game I think, then bumped him up to fourth for a week and now last night up to second. I wish they would bat him sixth or even seventh and leave him there for a month. Even if he gets hot or doesn't leave him alone and don't mess with him. He shouldn't feel pressure to perform and let him build up some confidence. Maybe it would help, maybe it wouldn't.
David, sat down and watched the game yesterday. Wanted to see Lynch and what he looked like. I stand corrected on my statement that I didn’t think they were historically bad. My saving grace was I watched a game where Olivares didn’t make an error so that was good. The error by Jr in the first inning…whatever it happens. But getting picked off third? WTF….and that’s a day after getting doubled up on an infield pop up I saw. I don’t watch all the games like you but if yesterday was any indication then Melendez is NOT getting better out there yet. What I watched yesterday was a bad team. The focus just isn’t there right now and someone needs to remind these guys this is the major leagues.