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Has HoT FiRe turned it around this year?


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How do you feel about Viciedo's approach at the the plate and production this year? I personally think he has finally turned it around. He seems more patient at the plate so far. It sucks Garcia went down, but this gives HoT FiRe one more chance.

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Here's what I see with Viciedo

 

An unsustainable .400 BABIP

An improved eye at the plate

A similar strike out rate

A decreased LD%

Better contact overall

 

He's still swinging at too many pitches out of the zone, but thus far, the results have been positive. He's not looking like the player he was last year, but I don't think it's safe to say he's turned it around quite yet.

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Depends if you trust the Pitch F/X or Fangraphs discipline numbers more. According to Pitch F/X, he's laid off more bad pitches. According to Fangraphs, he hasn't. According to both, he's making MUCH more contact on good pitches.

 

The BABIP will drop 80-100 points, so that's bad. The LD rate will drop (thought it's hard to say how much), so that's bad. He's never had a Z-Contact better than ~5% below league average, and he's suddenly 5% over. That's the thing to watch, IMO. Has he stopped swinging so hard in order to make more contact? Good or bad, that could make a real difference.

 

I need to look into how FG calculates discipline numbers relative to Pitch F/X so I can decide which one I want to believe.

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