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Pitch stalking was what The Hammer was talking about when he said good hitters were guess hitters.
Seager: 1. Swings Hard 2. Hits it often when he swings 3. Takes pitches he doesn't like 4. Pulls the ball and elevates it.
That's the Full Meal Deal.
Carlos Peguero: 1. Swings hard 2. Pulls the ball and elevates it. 3. Doesn't do the other two.
So he's the 1/2 Meal Deal. He does my #1 and #4. What does a hitter look like who does 1 & 4 AND one of the other two. A 3/4 Meal Deal, as it were?
I have to remind myself that Seager is a big guy, too. He doesn't look it at all. When I last wrote about how much I loved his hard swing I was going to mention Jimmy Wynn, the Toy Cannon, as a small guy (5'10 160lbs) who swung hard. But BR has Seager as 6'0 215. Aaron and Mays were both 180-ish (or less as youngsters). I know, ballplayers have got bigger.
But Seager is, in fact, a pretty big guy.
He's a MOTO guy. Mashes. Picks it at a corner position. Can play about anywhere (Minus CF or C is there not a position he could defend decently. And he's getting better.
He makes me smile. I need smiles.
moe