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  • Hickseadonkey
    Rookie
    • Apr 2012
    • 2

    #1

    Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

    I've played the first two months of a franchise with the Angels three times now (started over for the OSFM rosters and then again for the patch) and in every single instance, Howie Kendrick has been hitting .170-.190 come the end of May. As a team I hit around .270, so he is significantly underperforming. I rest him when he gets to about 50% energy, or when I play the Rangers or the Yankees, but it seems like no matter what I do I just can't hit with him.

    Has anyone else experienced this sort of eternal cold streak with a hitter whose ratings are much better than his results? Any suggestions on how to cure his case of the yips?
  • CKW11
    MVP
    • Mar 2009
    • 1540

    #2
    Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

    Originally posted by Hickseadonkey
    I've played the first two months of a franchise with the Angels three times now (started over for the OSFM rosters and then again for the patch) and in every single instance, Howie Kendrick has been hitting .170-.190 come the end of May. As a team I hit around .270, so he is significantly underperforming. I rest him when he gets to about 50% energy, or when I play the Rangers or the Yankees, but it seems like no matter what I do I just can't hit with him.

    Has anyone else experienced this sort of eternal cold streak with a hitter whose ratings are much better than his results? Any suggestions on how to cure his case of the yips?
    I'm having a similar problem with Michael Bourn. I'm actually having this problem with all my high contact low power guys. I'm having trouble getting the ball out of the infield with them and when I do it is weakly popped up for the outfielder to make an easy grab. I'm being patient at the plate too, Bourn and Prado are both hitting under .200 but have OBP's of over .300 nearing the end of April.

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    • crob8822
      Pro
      • Oct 2004
      • 581

      #3
      Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

      Originally posted by Hickseadonkey
      I've played the first two months of a franchise with the Angels three times now (started over for the OSFM rosters and then again for the patch) and in every single instance, Howie Kendrick has been hitting .170-.190 come the end of May. As a team I hit around .270, so he is significantly underperforming. I rest him when he gets to about 50% energy, or when I play the Rangers or the Yankees, but it seems like no matter what I do I just can't hit with him.

      Has anyone else experienced this sort of eternal cold streak with a hitter whose ratings are much better than his results? Any suggestions on how to cure his case of the yips?
      I'm having the same problem with him, I kept him as my no. 2 batter because of his contact rating.

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      • xHalosNation
        Rookie
        • Mar 2012
        • 81

        #4
        Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

        Not at all. The only guy not consistent is Bourjos. However I have hit a homer with him.

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        • RunningTheNight
          Rookie
          • Apr 2012
          • 170

          #5
          Friggin Logan Morrison can't even hit his weight, come the end of April >.<
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          • N51_rob
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            • Jul 2003
            • 14805

            #6
            Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

            Thats pretty funny. In my O's franchise I just finished the April series with the Angels and Kendrick has a 14 game hitting streak. Along those lines Ryan Flaherty was hitting .095 for me having played 6 games in the place of an injured JJ Hardy.
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            • brahmagoul
              MVP
              • Jun 2003
              • 1860

              #7
              Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

              I wonder if adjusting the training assignments would help.
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              • Armor and Sword
                The Lama
                • Sep 2010
                • 21798

                #8
                Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                Originally posted by RunningTheNight
                Friggin Logan Morrison can't even hit his weight, come the end of April >.<
                Although in the last ten games of April LoMo hit a meager .211 with 1 HR for me he ended April at:

                .313 7 HR 21 RBI's

                He carried this team offensively. As a team I am only hitting .256 right now. My Staff though is number one in the league in ERA and walks allowed. Killing me!! The bats are killing me right now.
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                • franch1se
                  All Star
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 9060

                  #9
                  I have a hard time with Cameron Maybin and timing his big long leg kick

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                  • mjh91
                    Rookie
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 463

                    #10
                    Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                    Until recently, I've struggled with Starlin Castro during April and May. He's picked it up in the month of June, bringing his average up to .220. I hope to get him over .300 by the end of the year.
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                    • hoopla32
                      MVP
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 2778

                      #11
                      Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                      Originally posted by CKW11
                      I'm having a similar problem with Michael Bourn. I'm actually having this problem with all my high contact low power guys. I'm having trouble getting the ball out of the infield with them and when I do it is weakly popped up for the outfielder to make an easy grab. I'm being patient at the plate too, Bourn and Prado are both hitting under .200 but have OBP's of over .300 nearing the end of April.
                      I was having similar problems with Bourn. I'm in late May now, but through April and into the first week of May I was hitting below .220 with him. The pitches I did make good contact on turned into semi-long flyouts. I don't know what changed but, starting in the second week of May, I went on a tear with him. I had back-to-back 3/4 and 4/5 games and put together a streak of five or six multi-hit games. His averaged skyrocketed to .310-ish by the final week of May. I've only got one or two games in the month remaining and he's back to hitting weak shallow pop-ups and weak grounders to SS and 2B. I think his average is back down in the .270-.280 range.

                      I think there may be a little something to the whole players with high contact but low power ratings being really tough to hit with. It seems like hardly any of those inbetween weak line drives that normally land in front of the left or right fielder always get run down and caught for an out. With someone like Bourn it's a seeing-eye single through the infield more times than not when he's fortunate to get a base-hit.

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                      • Armor and Sword
                        The Lama
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 21798

                        #12
                        Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                        Jose Reyes has been downright dreadful in April for me.

                        .176 1 HR 2 RBI 7 SB


                        He can't buy a hit. And he has hit the ball hard every game too. He is just finding gloves right now. His lone HR was an inside the park rip into the LC gap where the CF dove and missed and it rolled to the wall.

                        He has drawn some walks and stole some bases, but he is in a frigid cold streak so far along with Mike Stanton. Those two are really killing me right now. Stanton has been the opposite of Reyes. Weak contact, K's galore and a lousy plate discipline rating (really hard to check swing with this guy) has hurt him.
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                        • Cozar
                          Rookie
                          • Mar 2010
                          • 90

                          #13
                          Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                          There are (at least) two possibilities:

                          1. Maybe there is something about Kendrick's stance that is throwing off your timing. Check your swing analysis to see if you are noticeably later or earlier when hitting with Kendrick.

                          2. The combination of Kendrick's contact, power, and your timing may be leading you to make solid enough contact on a lot of bad pitches to put the ball in play for an easy out. Try being even more selective on pitches with Kendrick or adjust his ratings until you get realistic numbers.

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                          • JDL375
                            Rookie
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 397

                            #14
                            Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                            Yeah, I can't hit for my life with Mark Teixeira. It's almost to the point where I want to start my Franchise over again because I just can't hit with him and his average is just so bad and I'm not getting any HR's or RBI's with him.

                            But I've hit like 3 grand slams with Brett Gardner......

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                            • Heroesandvillains
                              MVP
                              • May 2009
                              • 5974

                              #15
                              Re: Howie Kendrick's unbeatable cold streak

                              Originally posted by JDL375
                              Yeah, I can't hit for my life with Mark Teixeira. It's almost to the point where I want to start my Franchise over again because I just can't hit with him and his average is just so bad and I'm not getting any HR's or RBI's with him.

                              But I've hit like 3 grand slams with Brett Gardner......
                              Texiera and Gardner are killing it for me! LOL!

                              A-Rod on the other hand. .235ish. Yeah, I think his hip must still be nagging him.

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