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ASINA KOSNAN TA BAI WE KNOW SIMMONS HAS GLOVE! BUT WHATABOUT HIS BAT? SIMBA STRIKES OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2014! Needless to say, its quite remarkable to go 50-plus plate appearances without striking out. Thats especially the case these days, when strikeout rates are climbing to unprecedented heights and have been climbing for several seasons. In 2000, for instance, hitters league-wide struck out in 16.5 percent of their plate appearances. In 2013, they struck out 19.9 percent of the time. This season, that figure is up to 21.1 percent in the early going. As for Simmons, he showed outstanding contact skills in prior seasons, as he logged a K% of 11.5 in 2012 and 8.4 in 2013. In his remarkable start to 2014 (hes batting a stellar .333/.346/.563 thus far), hes toting around a K% of 1.9. Yes: 1.9 percent. On that front, let it be said that Simmons this season has faced some accomplished bat-missers like Gio Gonzalez, Stephen Strasburg, Yovani Gallardo, Cliff Lee, Rafael Soriano and, of course, Burnett. In that sense, the feat has been hard-won. cbssports/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24531380/the-elite-contact-skills-of-the-braves-andrelton-simmons
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:42:03 +0000

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