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...but I do feel it appropriate to note that I'm nt hand-waving ST...I'm saying he hit 4 HRs largely against fringe pitching in the Arizona warmth and high altitude...and not one of those HRs went more than 420 feet. ST isn't meaningless...but it will make AAAA talents look like Gods among men sometimes (see: Wilson, Mike)...especially Arizona with its' ideal hitting climate (a la High Desert).
The question is...why is he topping everything? He's normally a backspin big-fly hitter...not a topspin guy...so it's not like Raul Ibanez stuck in a grounder rut. I think he's topping everything because his bat is slow now...so he's arm-swinging when he's in bad counts and cheating when he's on good counts.
An arm-swing will either produce a pop-up or a grounder almost every time...and when they're trying to get your in between it's more like to either be a foul tip or a grounder.
And if you're cheating hoping for a fastball...the pitchers see this and throw you a slider or a change-up down repeatedly and...you get a ton a grounders and Ks.