Hitting Less Fly Balls Doesn't Mean Hit More Grounders

[Guest OlerudOwned]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/should-jose-reyes-hit-more-groundballs/

A good analysis of the Hardball Times on Reyes' late-season slump.

[smg58]

Good analysis. Reyes really did seem to be popping too many balls up late. That should be correctable, especially with his BB/K ratio up close to 1; he made better decisions on when he swings, but the quality of swings wasn't where it needed to be.

[metirish]

Great read, Hardball Times analysis fascinates me.

[Willets Point]

OlerudOwned wrote: A good analysis of the Hardball Times on Reyes' late-season slump.

Weren't you paying attention? It wasn't a slump! Reyes was in a season-long decline. He only played well in April and just sucked BHMC the rest of the time. Besides he can't slump, he's a Dominican and has natural abilities so if Reyes ever performs poorly it's because he's a lazy loafer who just doesn't care about the game or the fans. Our in-house experts at the CPF determined this months ago.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who are you callling out?

The one in-house hit on "crane pool" + reyes + loafer is yours.

That same post is the only time lazy is applied to him.

I remember folks speculating that something seemed wrong with him, but not attacking him so meanly like that at all. I do think one poster said his uncle had seen him out on the town too much.