tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954316780753605566.post7016880439995813081..comments2023-04-09T06:15:41.549-04:00Comments on One If By Land: Maybe Jacoby Ellsbury is just lyingBrian MacPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04815720003083578987noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954316780753605566.post-1960225115611953792009-09-22T17:01:59.651-04:002009-09-22T17:01:59.651-04:00Whether he's admitting it or not, or even awar...Whether he's admitting it or not, or even aware of it or not, it certainly seems that he's made adjustments that make him even more dangerous. Great contact, patience and speed? Jeepers.floydianseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01180096885528123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954316780753605566.post-80167430801633387132009-09-18T16:42:00.555-04:002009-09-18T16:42:00.555-04:00There is a way, but I don't have access to tho...There is a way, but I don't have access to those numbers. Just like we can track how pitchers are attacking the strike zone, we can track how hitters are being attacked. (Here's an example: http://www.maplestreetpress.com/archives/pg14.pdf)<br /><br />I just don't have the resources to pay for those sorts of numbers.<br /><br />Waiting until deeper in the count is a huge adjustment, though, and it makes him more dangerous early in the count because pitchers can't waste breaking pitches off the plate on the 0-0 count thinking he'll swing at them. They've got to come right after him.Brian MacPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815720003083578987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954316780753605566.post-28907982465138916622009-09-18T10:02:35.249-04:002009-09-18T10:02:35.249-04:00Is there any way to track the changes that pitcher...Is there any way to track the changes that pitchers made in their approaches to Ellsbury after his initial success in 2007?<br /><br />One of the things I thought in 2008 was that pitchers had adjusted to Ellsbury and he hadn't made the appropriate counter adjustment.<br /><br />This year he seems to be in a better launch position with the bat, which I think is allowing him to see the ball a little longer.Jim Monaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261515880467730983noreply@blogger.com