He is striking out in over 44% of his May at-bats, and his timing is still not close to what it once was.
Though many explanations have been offered for his spiral into the K abyss, I'm still of the belief that the beaning is at least partially to blame.
Click on the picture for David Wright's pre and post beaning K percentages
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However, if you dig a little there might be a glimmer of hope. Prior to sitting against the Nats Wright had 55 SO in 173 PA (32%). In the 9 games since then, he has struck out 10 times in 38 PA (26%). This is still way above his pre-2009 norm (SO in 16% of his PA), but at least it is moving in the right direction. If he can stay on a 25-30 HR and 100 RBI pace, I could deal with anything below 23% (basically 1 SO/game).
Good work CM, and I agree with you...I was really hopeful after the Nats series, and maybe something will click and he'll get back to being an 18-20% K rate guy.
Thanks, Dave. The next 4 games could be telling for Mr. Wright. He is 8 -26 (4 SO, 5 BB) against today's starter, Randy Wolf. Against the Pads, the Mets face Kevin Correia, who Wright is 9-11 (2 HR, 2 SO; 2.455 OPS) against and then 2 lefties who don't strike a lot of guys out. Couldn't ask for a better stretch of pitchers for Wright to get "right" against...
That would be a huge lift for him and the team...a nice little stretch of say, .330 BA with minimal Ks and a decent amount of walks.
He's due.
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