Because what good is a stolen base if you can’t string together 2 hits in the same inning?
This team hits well when there is no pressure on, which tells me they are all trying to do too much. That boils down to not trusting your teammates around you.
We have 4/9 hitting spots on platoon, or excessive tinkering due to roster construction DH- 2B- C- OF in general. This is another reason why I hate Beta Breslow’s roster construction of this team. You have so many guys, in and out of lineup, the pressure to perform to earn more playing time has crippled these guys. Which is especially detrimental to young development guys, and cancerous to the locker room...
It’s like Breslow built this whole roster on contingency plans. “Depth for the sake of depth.” Seems like with all of his analytics, he forgot without fail the most important one chemistry/psychology..
My belief is that everyone does better when they have a role, even dogs do better when they know their jobs within the pack. Who knows their role on this team? The answer is “Not near enough of them.”