I'm tired of seeing pitchers absolutely suck at hitting, it's quite embarrassing actually. It's one thing that makes the NL so boring to watch. I appreciate the small-ball approach that some teams have to take to manufacture runs, but frankly most pitchers don't seem to do anything else other than be a non-productive out (you'd be surprised how many times they don't move the runner over) and an excuse to bring out another position player, which sometimes becomes wasted as well.
Now I'm not saying they should be like Carlos Zambrano or C.C. Sabathia and actually have some serious major leauge pop, but they have to just be smarter out there. They look at the plate from the other side all the time, they must be able to understand the strike zone or get in the mind of a pitcher and understand what they may throw. They flail their arms at pitches and just look ugly. They have no sense of what the hell they are doing out there.
I understand that "their focus is pitching," but they take BP all of the time. They played baseball in high school. They aren't new to the game, and they still bat three times a start.
I don't really know what needs to change because frankly it's always been like this, but I find it amazing that pitchers are such terrible hitters. If they can all at least look like they may have a clue what they're doing up there, then I would be happier. Otherwise, I'll just continually watch Tim Lincecum strike out looking with three perfect pitches and the tying run on base. Not saying that I expect him to deliver, but to have zero expectation is unfortunate to say the least.
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Now I'm not saying they should be like Carlos Zambrano or C.C. Sabathia and actually have some serious major leauge pop, but they have to just be smarter out there. They look at the plate from the other side all the time, they must be able to understand the strike zone or get in the mind of a pitcher and understand what they may throw. They flail their arms at pitches and just look ugly. They have no sense of what the hell they are doing out there.
I understand that "their focus is pitching," but they take BP all of the time. They played baseball in high school. They aren't new to the game, and they still bat three times a start.
I don't really know what needs to change because frankly it's always been like this, but I find it amazing that pitchers are such terrible hitters. If they can all at least look like they may have a clue what they're doing up there, then I would be happier. Otherwise, I'll just continually watch Tim Lincecum strike out looking with three perfect pitches and the tying run on base. Not saying that I expect him to deliver, but to have zero expectation is unfortunate to say the least.
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