Maybe not swing until a first strike is thrown, particularly against breaking ball pitchers. Most of the sliders that they are swinging at and missing are out of the zone anyway.
None of them can hit a slider. Most do not take pitches or work the counts, and end up swinging at pitches they can not hit. A crappy soft tossing lefty like Garrett can dominate them. Give more take signs…
Tim is in another universe. Completely distracted. First thing is to get him out of the leadoff spot. He doesn’t walk, he strikes out often, does not move runners over, does not drive runs. Not the formula for a good lead off hitter.
Benintendi is a good contact singles hitter, and Robert had looked bad tonight and can’t hit a slider. Fortunately Fiori hung a breaking pitch in the middle of the plate that Luis could hit.