Alexis Rios has been struggling badly at the plate for the last two weeks. I decided to do some investigation to see if there was a pattern to his hitting.
The chart below shows how Lexi was doing before the slump and during the slump. I have focused on where he is hitting the ball, I have not distinguished hits from line outs or fly balls, so a single to centre is listed as CF, as is a fly ball to centre.
So what does this tell us? When Lexi was going well he was hitting to centre and right fields a lot. In the last ten days he has not been hitting as many line drives or fly balls and has hit a lot more ground balls, especially to the shortstop. So he is either trying to pull the ball, or his mechanics are off and he is just missing the ball and swinging over it slightly. The number of flyballs has reduced and the number of ground balls has increased. Strikeouts are also up somewhat. Lets hope he gets back on track soon. I believe if Lexi puts together a couple of weeks of .350 to .400 hitting we will see him in Toronto. The Jays will bring him up when he is hot, not when he is cold.
Although the Jays minor league teams have an overall winning record, their teams have been losing more often than winning over the past few weeks and the organizational record is moving closer to .500. I decided to look to see where the Jays teams ranked in their leagues. I used a simple count ranking, I did not prorate for games played.
Offense
Pitching
In summary, Charleston have an average Offense. Dunedin have a low batting average, but walk a lot, and their run scoring is league average. New Hampshire and Syracuse have below average offense's. Most Jays teams are walking a lot, Syracuse less so.
The pitching in New Hampshire and Charleston has been good. Syracuse are average but Dunedin is below average. Approx. half of Dunedin's pitchers have poor ERA's. Neomar Flores, Tommi Ozuna, Santo Valdez, Chad Pleiness and Vince Perkins have poor ERA's for a pitching friendly league. Some of the ERA's are high after the 20+ run game, but in general pitching has been mixed for Dunedin.
The chart below shows how Lexi was doing before the slump and during the slump. I have focused on where he is hitting the ball, I have not distinguished hits from line outs or fly balls, so a single to centre is listed as CF, as is a fly ball to centre.
Period 27/4-6/5 7/5-16/5
Average .324 .081
H/AB + BB 12-37 + 3 3-37 + 1
G1 0 1
G3 1 1
G4 2 1
G5 4 5
G6 8 12
Total GB 15 20
LF 2 2
CF 7 4
RF 9 3
Total OF 18 9
K swinging 2 6
K looking 2 2
Total K 4 8
So what does this tell us? When Lexi was going well he was hitting to centre and right fields a lot. In the last ten days he has not been hitting as many line drives or fly balls and has hit a lot more ground balls, especially to the shortstop. So he is either trying to pull the ball, or his mechanics are off and he is just missing the ball and swinging over it slightly. The number of flyballs has reduced and the number of ground balls has increased. Strikeouts are also up somewhat. Lets hope he gets back on track soon. I believe if Lexi puts together a couple of weeks of .350 to .400 hitting we will see him in Toronto. The Jays will bring him up when he is hot, not when he is cold.
Although the Jays minor league teams have an overall winning record, their teams have been losing more often than winning over the past few weeks and the organizational record is moving closer to .500. I decided to look to see where the Jays teams ranked in their leagues. I used a simple count ranking, I did not prorate for games played.
Offense
Team # Teams Average Runs HR's BB Fewest K's
Syracuse 14 14 13 11 8 9
New Hamp 12 10 9 11 5 5
Dunedin 12 10 6 7 2 7
Charleston 16 8 8 12 2 4
Pitching
Team # Teams ERA BB Allowed K's
Syracuse 14 8 4 8
New Hamp 12 1 3 6
Dunedin 12 11 2 3
Charleston 16 4 4 1
In summary, Charleston have an average Offense. Dunedin have a low batting average, but walk a lot, and their run scoring is league average. New Hampshire and Syracuse have below average offense's. Most Jays teams are walking a lot, Syracuse less so.
The pitching in New Hampshire and Charleston has been good. Syracuse are average but Dunedin is below average. Approx. half of Dunedin's pitchers have poor ERA's. Neomar Flores, Tommi Ozuna, Santo Valdez, Chad Pleiness and Vince Perkins have poor ERA's for a pitching friendly league. Some of the ERA's are high after the 20+ run game, but in general pitching has been mixed for Dunedin.
