Comments on: Granderson’s Odd Season

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:51:17 +0000

A couple of years ago, Granderson started positioning his hands lower before beginning his swing – I remember reading some articles pointing to that as the reason for his breakout 20/20/20/20 season. Is it possible that he just keeps lowering his hands, thinking that more uppercut = better results?

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:31:52 +0000

hittrackeronline.com has does a really cool job of tracking home run distributions. check it out.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:19:38 +0000

Great work as always Dave, I’ve noticed this in Uggla’s game as well and hope that won’t affect his overall value too much. It would really depend on how well you keep your HR/FB rate. I also noticed Granderson’s LD% isn’t dropping, a definite good sign. Can you keep good value as a 50%+ flyball hitter, given the expected much worse BABIP and resulting increased outs?

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:27:01 +0000

One of his homeruns was to left center the other night. You’re not watching.

By: NBH

NBH — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:08:41 +0000

Great analysis!

By: Tom B

Tom B — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:20:23 +0000

this is what happens when a player gets older and stronger, and his line drives go over the fence instead of bouncing off of it

By: Mariano

Mariano — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:17:21 +0000

Leyland just moved Granderson back to the leadoff spot, but wouldn’t his “new game” play better at the 5th spot in the order where he’s been playing of late?

By: brett

brett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:48:12 +0000

He also refuses to hit the ball anywhere except the pull field. I don’t watch every game but i think i’ve seen him take one ball up the middle (and zero oposite way) since April. I can’t remember if he was this drastically a pull hitter in previous seasons or if this is a new thing. Is there a database on hit distribution anywhere?

By: brtnsbs

brtnsbs — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:08:27 +0000

He’s been a surprising power addition to my fantasy team, who is still stealing some bases. Awesome to have him on my team and good to know that he won’t be regressing much in the HR category given his HR/FB percentage!