WAR 5. R Batting Career Pitching Career Batting Pitching Fielding Pitchers in non-DH games that appeared on the lineup card but didn't bat will still have a game in this column. Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. View a sample email. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. This is extremely troubling, by already lifting his leg and arm, he makes himself vulnerable to offspeed and breaking pitches.
You can see that Ike Davis has his hands loaded way back in as opposed to where he's still staying square to the pitcher. Also, while the Ike Davis is just finishing his leg kick, the version is just starting his. This frame shows Davis' lack of ability to stay back on pitches this season. The version of Davis has his elbow much closer to his thigh and still has not put his foot on the ground. The Davis had his leg kick last one frame, while Davis had his last three.
You can also notice how the Davis has his legs nicely in line and we therefore can't see his back leg, while the version of Davis' back leg is visible. This is a sign of Davis pulling out early, an effect of starting your swing early which makes it, as we previously mentioned, almost impossible to hit the breaking ball, especially if it's outside. Even though the ball hasn't quite reached Davis' bat in the image, he's already further along in his swing, mechanically speaking, than in the image where he'd just made contact.
The Davis is completely open and therefore can't square up the ball like he was able to in You can see his shoulder and hips flying open, you can see the letters on his jersey and his belt buckle facing shortstop as opposed to where it was facing third base. Finally, for some reason Ike finishes his swing with both hands on the bat this year as opposed to last. He kind of looks like Daniel Murphy in this frame, a long uncontrolled swing. In Davis finished his swing upright and balanced, in Davis barely has his left knee off the ground.
Davis' body almost looks like it's pulling him away from the ball. Where does all this leave us? It leaves us to hypothesize the cause for Davis' mechanical alterations. But, before we do that, I think I've pinpointed the exact time Davis switched over to this new swing. This first homerun is from a game played during spring training on March 24th and this second one is from a game played eight days later on the April 1st. And he has not hit. In the five years since he hit 32 home runs for the Mets, he has hit a total of 23, shuffling from the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees.
When he reported to Oklahoma City this spring, he joined his third triple-A team in two years. The Dodgers floated the idea of trying pitching but left the decision to him. He was batting. Ike has been a tremendous teammate. He has faced seven batters, striking out four, walking one and giving up no hits.
Still, neither Davis nor the Dodgers is getting too excited. Davis declined to comment for this story, saying two innings in rookie league did not warrant much comment.
The Dodgers declined to say where Davis might pitch after the rookie league. Before we take further action, we want to ensure he stays healthy. He has our enthusiastic support in this journey. Strained left hip. Strained left quad. Left ankle sprain and bone bruise. September 30, Ike Davis roster status changed by Binghamton Mets. Lucie Mets.
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