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His plate discipline stats are telling:
1) his SwStr% is way DOWN, consistent with poking at the ball tentatively.
2) His O-swings are up and his Z swings are down, like he's not seeing the ball well.
3) His hard-hit balls are non-existent and his soft-hit balls are thru the roof.
It honestly just looks like he can't see anything, which is why they're going to the truly desperate measure of giving Freeman some AB's at first. ... WHY Valencia has 'lost it' so suddenly -- he was turrrible in March too -- I haven't a clue. He doesn't LOOK sluggish; he just looks blind.
:: shrug ::
Would almost expect Taylor Motter to take the LH at-bats, or more!, at 1B once Segura is back.
Thanks Moe.