No sure it gets worse, but I doubt it gets better.
Three at home vs Baltimore, which is much improved. Then they go to TB, before 48 straight against Cleveland and Minnesota
if we are counting, they have only 1. Baddoo hit one.
(Haase homered opening day pinch hitting for Barnhart)
so there is no current OF on the team that has homered this year
Slugging .301 as a team now.
At some point it cannot be written off to random variance; so either 1) Coolbaugh has done something; 2) Manfred is sending dead balls to Comerica; or 3) we are part of an alien experiment in phycological torture
Serious questions that I have:
Can't Hinch just say to Avila, I don't want Willi here, call up X?
Does Hinch really think there is something else to learn about Willi as a ML player?
Avila should have been fired long ago,
Hinch is a good manager,
In an organization that valued success, the total collapse of every batter would - right or wrong - prompt some change.
RF, LF: 0 HR combined (both Meadows AND Grossman - none)
CF: 1 HR
C; 1 HR
They need to make a change. Really any change. No idea if Coolbaugh is teaching something new, or the ball is that different, or they are collectively cursed, but this is effing nuts.
so far, minor league system seems to be a reflection of major league team
lots of solid to good pitching performances despite injuries up and down system (even lower tier guys)
hitters are either low-ceiling platoon or bench bats, or way too young to know if they are ML starters; above Lakeland there are only 4 guys who even might be ML starters (Greene IL, Kreidler IL, Dingler and Keith)