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| "spring" and a miss? are people saying this? |
It is getting harder and harder to overlook the fact that, nearly halfway into the season, George Springer has been among the worst batters in either league (by just about any metric you please), especially when he is the only one having a perfectly non-competitive at-bat in what was otherwise a big comeback ninth inning that fell just short in the rubber match of a three-game series against a strong Brewers team. Let me premise this next part by acknowledging that I am in no way "a swing guy" in the mechanical sense beyond being able to teach the absolute fundamentals to kids (hey okay nice cut!), but it looks to be as simple as this: the bat speed just isn't there anymore, is it? It happens to everybody eventually, and it seems to have happened to George Springer now, with two years left on his massive contract after this one. Friends, it is just brutal, which Springer himself freely admits, saying he realizes he is "not living up to his end of the bargain." In slight recognition of this, Springer has been dropped from the leadoff spot (that's good), but is still usually batting like fifth (that's bad), instead of the two best spots for him right now, which would be either "ninth" or "rarely." He is still playing a good right field, and obviously trying super hard, but man oh man.
KS
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