zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Looking back at how the Braves played in the last season at the Ted is a mixed bag. I think we all knew the Braves would be bad, but I don't think anyone knew they'd be almost as bad as the Phillies.
Anyway getting past that, I'm gonna make multiple posts in this thread usually highlighting 1-3 players per post depending on how much I have to say.
First post is dedicated to the one and only Freddie Freeman. First off lets talk about career bests. Career Highest BB%,career highest iso, career high in hits, tied career high in doubles, career high in triples, career high in homers, career high in runs, and career high in SB. A true banner year.
Looking a little deeper, Freeman kept his immense skill of hitting line drives, but this year he started lifting the ball, his 40.5 FB% was 5 points higher than his career average. His HR/FB was up but it wasn't fluky. Most importantly he hit the ball with authority most of the time.
Areas of potential concern, he swung outside of the zone more often than career average, and he made less contact than normal, but I think that coincides with him putting more power behind the ball. Also he put the ball to the other side of the field too often for his newfound power. One thing to add, I think some of his issues there has to do with is the poor hitting around him and pitchers throwing around him a bit.
Next focus (and last for the evening) is Ender. Defensively no one was better for the Braves than him. He was great in centerfield and certainly helped out the boys around him. Cannot talk about him defensively enough. SO let's talk offense. Offensively he was very meh. Average was good, BB% was OK, K rate is good. He has no power so we knew that. A bit shocking that he isn't more of abasestealer, I'm guessing he struggles with reads. If you look at his numbers in AZ he basically did the same thing this year, which is encouraging because he's not experiencing a big slump because of moving from a hitter friendly park. What I would like to see change is less swinging at pitches outside fo the zone (around 33% consistently) and more swinging in the zone (around 62%) But when he does swing he makes contact, which means he has fantastic hand/eye which is great.
Overall there's lots to be optimistic with these 2, both should be very positive players for the BRaves for the next few years. More to come tomorrow, or the next day depending on how tired I am.
Anyway getting past that, I'm gonna make multiple posts in this thread usually highlighting 1-3 players per post depending on how much I have to say.
First post is dedicated to the one and only Freddie Freeman. First off lets talk about career bests. Career Highest BB%,career highest iso, career high in hits, tied career high in doubles, career high in triples, career high in homers, career high in runs, and career high in SB. A true banner year.
Looking a little deeper, Freeman kept his immense skill of hitting line drives, but this year he started lifting the ball, his 40.5 FB% was 5 points higher than his career average. His HR/FB was up but it wasn't fluky. Most importantly he hit the ball with authority most of the time.
Areas of potential concern, he swung outside of the zone more often than career average, and he made less contact than normal, but I think that coincides with him putting more power behind the ball. Also he put the ball to the other side of the field too often for his newfound power. One thing to add, I think some of his issues there has to do with is the poor hitting around him and pitchers throwing around him a bit.
Next focus (and last for the evening) is Ender. Defensively no one was better for the Braves than him. He was great in centerfield and certainly helped out the boys around him. Cannot talk about him defensively enough. SO let's talk offense. Offensively he was very meh. Average was good, BB% was OK, K rate is good. He has no power so we knew that. A bit shocking that he isn't more of abasestealer, I'm guessing he struggles with reads. If you look at his numbers in AZ he basically did the same thing this year, which is encouraging because he's not experiencing a big slump because of moving from a hitter friendly park. What I would like to see change is less swinging at pitches outside fo the zone (around 33% consistently) and more swinging in the zone (around 62%) But when he does swing he makes contact, which means he has fantastic hand/eye which is great.
Overall there's lots to be optimistic with these 2, both should be very positive players for the BRaves for the next few years. More to come tomorrow, or the next day depending on how tired I am.
