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Howie Watch 2009
June 22nd, 2009, 6:33 am · 5 Comments · posted by Sam Miller, The Orange County Register
On Friday, Howie Kendrick hit his first home run in Salt Lake. Then on Sunday, he went 4 for 4, with his fifth double in just 36 at bats. In between was a hitless Saturday. That puts him at .333/.385/.556, which translates to .270/.310/.445. Compare what looks like a pretty good week to what he did in Salt Lake when he was there for real, as a 22-year-old in 2006: .369/.408/.631. Howie at 25 should really be hitting about .410 in Salt Lake, so we shouldn’t get too excited about a lone 4 for 4.
Brandon Wood went 3 for 12 with a double, no walks and four strikeouts on the weekend. Jose Arredondo pitched Saturday and walked two in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Twenty of his 30 pitches were strikes, but he’s walked seven and hit at least two in 6 2/3 innings in Salt Lake.
And Trevor Bell allowed only two unearned runs in his second Triple A start. He’s now pitched 16 innings in Salt Lake and has an ERA of 0.00. He struck out four, walked one, and allowed three hits — including a home run following an error.
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Dondo’s stats are so deceiving. He has been walking people all over the place but somehow isn’t giving up runs. Definitely not ready to return until he gets that control back….
It has nothing to do with Kendrick’s hitting mechanics. He is doing well down there because there is no pressure. He presses so much and is a mental basket case. He will come back and continue to press and expand his strike zone flailing away at balls in the dirt. He is a mentally weak player and will never live up to his hype because of it. He makes gaffe’s on the bases and comes to the plate like a scared lil kid. You cannot be a good ball player when you are always thinking about failing.
Really Justin? You speak like your Kendrick’s personal counselor. How the hell do you know what he is a mental basket case? Has Kendrick’s strike zone expanded? Do you have stats to back that up? You make a bunch of assumptions without any proof. How much of Kendrick’s failure in the bigs is because teams have adjusted their pitching strategies? Things like that are tangible and can be researched. Unlike whether or not its a mental issue which is just pure speculation and adds nothing to the discussion.
Sincerely,
Carl Jung
While I think Justin’s “never” “always” stuff might be a bit harsh, I agree 100% that Kendrick can’t seem to mentally handle the pressure.
Hope the kid figures it out.
Justin, How good a player were you?
That’s what I thought
If you can’t do it, shut up about it.
Howie will be fine and morons like you will
be kissing his a$$ by this time next year.
Just enjoy the fact that you have a quality team
that competes for a title every year and stop ripping on the
young guys like Kendrick and Aybar. Give them some time
to adjust.