Javy gets a little out in front on this one...
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Anyone else see this? Unreal LOL
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I'd have to think that the pitcher has a good fastball and a good change-up. Baez was clearly thinking fastball. remember, these guys have about half a second to decide.
Perhaps Javy should change his name to Java -- everyone knows that too many cups of java will make you jumpy. ;-)
Javy is on a roll -- a bad roll. Much worse than his swing in the video above was his base-running blunder in tonight's game. Javy got doubled off of second base on a line drive to center field with no outs. It was by no means a spectacular catch by the center fielder -- the line drive was caught about waste high. Javy was already rounding third base and was easily doubled off second by about 50 feet. Wow! I guess Javy is having a bad series.
I didn't see it but can imagine it was pretty bad. I also understand @keets when he talks about looking dead red and getting fooled...but, that was unreal for a MLB player. I faced 92-93 in my younger days and that was flat out gas, so I get it. I would look like Javy every game. The guys these days are all 95-98 plus. Unhittable to nearly every human on earth. But Javy had completed his swing before the ball got to the plate. LOL It just shocked me. One of the worst swings I've ever seen for a big leaguer.
bobbybaker: I agree with everything you said. Like you, I faced low 90's pitchers -- it's not easy to hit -- and that's why you have to rock into your swinging motion at the same time that the pitcher is winding up -- and that's why so many batters end up chasing pitches way out of the strike zone -- or unsuccessfully attempting to check their swing. But, for heaven's sake, I agree: "One of the worst swings I've ever seen for a big leaguer." I suspect that a "low baseball IQ" plays a role in Javy's wild swings and his base-running mistakes.
Check this out:
https://fansided.com/2021/08/25/javy-baez-base-running-blunder-mets-video/
Just watched that video. I really do not understand? Does he not care? That was not even close. Horrible decision, horrible.
Javy Baez will be fined heavily by the Kangaroo Court.
oh man, that is embarrassing
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.