Ohtani

[Claude]

 He looks lost at the plate. 

 

[Broad Street]

He didn’t get a spring training. I’m going to be a little patient with him. The talent is all there, now he just needs his timing. 

[UndertheHalo]

This isn’t a great thread. 

Edited May 28, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[Jason]

There's a lot wrong with this team. Ohtani is not a concern of mine. he just needs some more time 

[Troll Daddy]

[Taylor]

50 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

This isn’t a great thread. 

#MOGA

[Inside Pitch]

So..... why did you feel the need to bring this up in the Harper thread?  

[Tank]

on the broadcast today gubi was suggesting/wondering outlaid if that pitch that hit him on the hand has him a bit gun-shy on inside pitches right now.

[Claude]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

on the broadcast today gubi was suggesting/wondering outlaid if that pitch that hit him on the hand has him a bit gun-shy on inside pitches right now.

It's just an observation. He's looks off balance at times and his hips fly out of the box early. He's been hit in the hand and his elbow this season so he's become very tentative on inside pitches or pitches that appear inside. I thought he had a much better balanced upright swing in Japan.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Calzone 2

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

He seems to have happy feet in the box right now plus he didn’t have a spring training. If he still looks lost in a month, then I think some concern is warranted. 

[Inside Pitch]

We should have traded him while he still had value.

[Blarg]

Last season, in July, Ohtani hit .203/.261/.422/.683 in 14 games. He followed that with .328/.423/.672/1.095 in 14 games.

Shut up moose brains. 

 

[mulwin444]

This thread:

[Inside Pitch]

Lol at the guy that took my post seriously!

[Claude]

42 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Lol at the guy that took my post seriously!

Just fill out this @ngelswin complaint form. These trolling allegations are unfounded. 

[Blarg]

11 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

It's just an observation. He's looks off balance at times and his hips fly out of the box early. He's been hit in the hand and his elbow this season so he's become very tentative on inside pitches or pitches that appear inside. I thought he had a much better balanced upright swing in Japan.

Yeah, those are the same pitches so the swing is exactly the same for both.

What a moose brain. 

[Docwaukee]

he goes through phases where he bails out.  It's normally when his timing is off.  couple more weeks and he should be fine.  

[Claude]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Yeah, those are the same pitches so the swing is exactly the same for both.

What a moose brain. 

Well Blarg again this is not a personal attack on Ohtani. It’s just an observation. He did change his swing after he left Japan. Notice his front leg movement in Japan. His helmet is flying off of his head on two completely different pitches so he’s definitely not himself.

 

Edited May 28, 2019 by Calzone 2

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Calzone 2 said:

Just fill out this @ngelswin complaint form. These trolling allegations are unfounded. 

 "Legit concern"

[T.G.]

Baseball is hard.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Calzone 2 said:

Well Blarg again this is not a personal attack on Ohtani. It’s just an observation. He did change his swing after he left Japan. Notice his front leg movement in Japan. His helmet is flying off of his head on two completely different pitches so he’s definitely not himself.

 

Are these supposed to be images of him bailing out and not himself?   Because both those games are from last year.  

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Are these supposed to be images of him bailing out and not himself?   Because both those games are from last year.  

When a player gets fooled they look awful. When they're locked in, they look great. Ohtani is slumping, but I've also seen him clobber the ball right at people too. He's going to turn it around soon, I'm not worried. 

 

[Claude]

13 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

 

Again IP. My initial post was not intended to put down Ohtani as he is one of my favorite players. My concern, legit or not is that his swing in Japan looked very upright, smooth and well balanced. The swing I see today looks nothing like that and it reminds me of me and some of my bad golf swings. My practice swing is flawless like Ohtani’s batting practice. But then I get on the course and everything looks different. 

[Blarg]

https://www.mlb.com/video/shohei-ohtani-homers-1-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-field-mike-trout-scores?t=most-popular

Not bailing out.

[Blarg]

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-hits-first-home-run-of-2019

Not bailing out.