http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/contact-probably-not-key-to-world-peace-might-help-the-cubs-win-anyway/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/contact-probably-not-key-to-world-peace-might-help-the-cubs-win-anyway/#comment-6455 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:26:45 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6290#comment-6455 Royals name new hitting coach (again): Dale Sveum …

]]> http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/contact-probably-not-key-to-world-peace-might-help-the-cubs-win-anyway/#comment-6359 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:55:30 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6290#comment-6359 Interestingly, Rizzo has the highest contact rate among starters and the most home runs. And as far as I can tell, he’s the only one who chokes up with 2 strikes. Is there a lesson there?

]]> http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/02/contact-probably-not-key-to-world-peace-might-help-the-cubs-win-anyway/#comment-6348 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 08:19:30 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6290#comment-6348 The Cubs are not the Royals and never will be, but they gave us a blue print on how to deal with the Mets and we actually have more dynamic hitters. The royals are extremely unique and nearly impossible to reconstruct (but we can learn from the importance of a strong bullpen as I feel we were a tad lucky). The Cubs need to simply grow, keep doing simple better, and most importantly, stress the importance of their 2 strike approach. Taking a lot of pitches is still really important and they will continue to strike out as long as they work deep into counts–we just need to do it less and perfect the art of contact.

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