Trout's teammates say he will ponder a problem such as a crossword puzzle, with resolute confidence that he will identify a solution. "Plus," Sabathia said, "he's got the power." That means that Trout inhabits the same contact neighborhood as the likes of Joe Panik and Joe Mauer. Trout, who will face CC Sabathia and the Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball, went into Saturday's game tied for the 10th-lowest strikeout rate in the major leagues.
He cut that number to 7.5 percent in 2015 to 7.1 in 2016 to 6.1 percent in 2017 to 5.4 percent so far this season. Year to year, that percentage has steadily improved. Pitchers consistently tried to finish him off with fastballs high and inside, with some success, and his swing-and-miss rate that season was 7.6 percent. In 2014, Trout compiled 184 strikeouts - while on his way to winning the Most Valuable Player Award, by the way. But every year, there continue to be signs that he is improving as a player. Trout is already generally regarded as baseball's best player, and he ranks among the very best players all time in adjusted OPS+: Only Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Barry Bonds, Lou Gehrig and Rogers Hornsby rate better, as Trout is tied for sixth with his doppelganger, Mickey Mantle. Hunter's explanation was absorbed and embedded and is still utilized because this is how Trout attacks his own weaknesses. Mike Trout threw to the wrong base in a game early in his career, and even now, he can recall just about every word Torii Hunter said to him about the play when they got back to the dugout: why he should have thrown homeward instead of to third base, why the runner at third started and then stopped and started again, and the pre-pitch visualization that must become second nature. Olney: Mike Trout's commitment to relentless self-improvementĪNAHEIM, Calif.
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