It's simpler than that. He's just not good at making contact. And that's okay, provided he's not terrible at making contact. As long as Sano maintains discipline and doesn't miss most of the pitches he swings at, he'll be okay because when he makes contact, baseballs go oblong.
He's already running laps in section 302 and later plans to build a home for the less fortunate. Then he begins his usual nightly routine of high-fiving every person within a three mile radius before sitting down for a post-game dinner.
I'd take any two of Odorizzi, Gibson, and Pineda on two year deals if the yearly salary for both combined is under $28m. The Twins need a lot of pitching next year.
I'd still prefer Odorizzi. Everyone seems to be so down on him and while I get his lack of endurance and the frustration that comes with it, the guy is still demonstrably the best starter not named Berrios.
Oh, that guy wearing the Cave jersey is Jake Cave. (honestly though, I don’t fault him for that, it was a pretty crap bounce and he had to play which way he thought it would bounce... he rolled the dice and lost)
Well, sure, but the comment is more about the price versus utility of the player. Especially on the Twins, who can roll out a dislocated shoulder Buxton and get basically the same guy as a healthy Hamilton.
Ouch. Wade is only a 50, I thought he was faster than that. We don't need an 80 speed (and is Hamilton really still an 80 speed?), only a fast guy who can go first to third, or second to home, which is more likely to be necessary than a stolen base.
Critiquing single pitches a batter faces is a bad strategy. Baseball is hard. Sano has shown himself to be an extraordinary hitter for a couple of months now. He has fantastic plate discipline. But he’s also kinda bad at contact and that's including the improved version of Sano. Even Barry Bonds swung at bad pitches and missed pitches in the zone. If this game was so easy, .406 wouldn’t be a historical number to us.