What I am noticing is that Hatcher, for the most part is making pretty solid contact but is swinging at low pitches, resulting in ground balls which aren?t finding any holes. He needs to manage the low pitches better, either not swing at them if they are a ball or figure out how to lift them a little if they are a strike. Last year, early in the season, TA had a problem with swinging at high pitches and popping them up. Once he started laying off the high pitch, his average sky rocketed. Hatcher seems to have the opposite problem.

The team as a whole doesn?t really hit opposite field very much. I remember Hancock hitting opposite field constantly last year and the year before. He doesn?t seem to do that at all this year. That is why we see so many weak ass ground balls off the ends of bats. I?m ready for the hitting coach to get this straightened out ricky tick.