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That's not a disparity in approach. That's a disparity in talent. If our guys could hit draftable pitching hard, they would do it. They can't. Florida has good hitters, we have mediocre pitching. We have mediocre hitters, Florida has GREAT pitching. BUT WHY DON'T WE JUST DO WHAT FLORIDA DOES...

Jagr is shaking his head at some of the "analysis" that has been written in this thread. The #1 pick in the MLB draft is on the mound, and he doesn't walk people? TAKE MORE PITCHES!!! None of your data can be taken seriously.

"If you're going to swing, you need to make hard contact". No %$&*. I wonder why no one else thought of that earlier.

I've never in my life seen anyone claim that hitters should stop swinging so much in hitters counts and that it would be better to let the count run to 2-2. Because first round draft picks are likely to just serve one up with two strikes. Good grief.

You are comparing hitters who faced completely different pitches from completely different pitchers. It's about as bad of a logical fallacy as you could come up with. Then why does it matter if we swung at 2-1 pitches? You're arguing with yourself. If they are good pitches (which they are)...

It's not "evidence". If anything, it shows a misunderstanding of the evidence. You're trying really hard to be a sabermetrician, but your writing shows that you don't really understand what you're looking at. The dead giveaway is that you're trying to apply what is happening "across baseball"...

While I'm not an anti-sabermetrics guy, that post is a great example of how people over-rely on "data" without context. I think the first step might be to lose the idea that you have it figured out and that it's going to take work to convince the rest of us. You're not talking to marginal fans...

It's easy to say be more patient and draw walks, but Florida's pitching staff isn't going to show up and walk people. On Friday night, Florida's pitching went to a 3-ball count exactly three times all night. They walked one batter, and that came with two outs and no one on in the bottom of the...