So Vlady did slide 10 spots.
Did you notice anything plays
every day?
But what happened this past year
that made him slide?
Glad he's one of those guys that
even his season this year, when
you go out there and he hit 2 70
with 32 home runs.
Its a great year for most
people.
But he said such a hi bahr in
2021 you're going out almost
winning mvp hitting 48 homers,
doing stuff like this is
absolutely attacking balls in
the top of the zone.
He is still Players.
So you have to be able to focus
on the great things that he
does.
But he is a top 10 caliber
player.
What keeps him out of that this
year?
And my opinion is the increasing
the chase rates.
You saw him trying to force the
issue of little bit and
sometimes I feel like you still
fall into the category, you've
been watching you're pop so long
hit these balls in the bottom of
the zone, mashing balls all over
the place this year, those balls
down in the zone, he's hitting
the ground balls, his dad was
hitting those balls out of the
yard.
I'm not saying you have to be
the same hitter's your pops, but
that's the adjustment that I
feel like he's going to try to
make going into this season
because that's essentially the
only hole he has when he's at
the plate is that bottom of the
zone, you either have to make a
decision on and my going to just
not swing at those pitches at
the bottom of the zone or am I
going to find a way to get those
balls in the air?
Because if you're if a pitcher
makes a mistake, middle or up,
I'm absolutely annihilating the
ball.
But you just saw pictures this
year able to I mean, that's what
the game is about.
You're trying to make a
adjustments, you see what he
does the year before and then
you try to make the adjustment.
His it's his turn to try to make
the adjustment pitchers.
What I marveled that was what
you touched on his strike zone
recognition.
And when he gets in to a place
where he has count leverage two
and 02 and 12 years ago he was
looking for a ball in a
particular area and he wasnt
chasing outside that zone.
Became a little bit more
impatient.
In 2022 I marveled at the power
of D.N.A.I mean mann, his dad
was great.
Now hes a great enter, had no
chance