rogers park bryan wrote:
Except the FIRST thing listed as reason for his struggles is pitching adjustments. I guess being mentioned first means a small blurb to you
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1)As he continues assimilating into his new country during a spectacularly successful rookie season, Jose Abreu is starting to get familiarized with a term used in American sports parlance – hitting the wall.
The Chicago White Sox first baseman, so used to hitting balls over walls, seems to be running smack into a figurative one.
Abreu entered the weekend tied for the major league lead in home runs (31) and RBI (86), but he hasn't homered since July 29, has driven in just three runs in August and acknowledged the wear of the major league season has taken a toll.
2)Abreu was used to playing 90-game seasons in Cuba, from where he defected last August. This year he has played in 106 of the White Sox's 121 games – he had a 15-day stint on the disabled list May 18-June 1 – in addition to 17 in spring training, and a quarter of the season still lies ahead.
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"We play so many games, you get to a point you want (the season) to end,'' Abreu told USA TODAY Sports in Spanish. "It's too much, but that's what you have to deal with and you've got to be strong. I've been counting down since the 58th game and we still have (41) left. Wow. 3)It's not so much that you get tired, but you spend so much time away from your family, and I'm a family guy. I want to be with them.''
Abreu will get his wish during the White Sox's six-game homestand that begins Friday. 4)His parents were due to join him in Chicago from Miami the day before, and, 5)along with his fiancée, will accompany Abreu to New York next weekend when the White Sox visit the Yankees.
Jose Oriol Abreu and his wife, Daysi Correa, made it stateside in May and first saw their son play in the majors at the All-Star Game. White Sox catcher Adrian Nieto, a fellow Cuban native who spends time with Abreu off the field, 6)said their arrival calmed him down.
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7)"It's been a big relief for him,'' Nieto said. "He's really close to his family, especially his mother. He's more relaxed.''
Not that Abreu struggled in their absence. He earned AL Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month honors in April, then repeated the feat in July, when he batted .374 with six homers and 19 RBI, becoming the first rookie ever to score that double achievement.
His batting average steadily climbed from the .260 range in early June to over .300 in late July, as Abreu put together hitting streaks of 18 and 21 games. He had a 31-gamer as a rookie in Cuba.
"He's glorified for the amount of home runs he's hitting, but people need to start looking at him as a really solid hitter,'' hitting coach Todd Steverson said. "He uses the whole field; he's not just a pull guy. He has a good idea of what he wants to do. He makes adjustments in games, which is one of the bigger things to do as a hitter in general.''
August has proven challenging, though, as Abreu is batting .262 with one extra-base hit and a .666 on-base plus slugging percentage this month, compared to his season marks of .300 and .959.
I put in 7 things said prior to "pitchers are adjusting". Some are kind of duplicates but it proves the point.
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That was an article about what he has had to overcome in the past year, with a small mention that pitchers may have done some adjusting to him.
You cut off the article right before they mention his struggles. As soon as the swoon is brought up the first thing brought up is adjustments. The author even says "First..."
I disagree with your theory on who is likely to regress snd why. I have logical baseball reasons. Its not anyrhing to do with you.
I have a belief that age 26 is prime age for hitters. I remember having that conversation when Andrew Jones was 26. Its not new. Also I think Abreu still has some adjustments and readjustments overcome.
Also, I would say everything in this article sould have been said about Cespedes and puig