May 21, 200719 yr After going with a big 0-5, 5 K performance yesterday; Jones is currently sporting the following overall splits: .212/.333/.397/.730 51 SO 26 BB 6 HR 30 RBI The RBI total is pretty surprising/impressive considering how poorly he has hit. He has been downright awful in May: .147/.227/.221/.448 25 SO 7 BB 1 HR 11 RBI I hope he gets on track and he more than less will with a ton of season left, but yesterday was the worst I think I've ever seen him. He had no clue where the ball was at all day.
May 21, 200719 yr andruw jones seems to have this habit of not going to the dl and playing hurt, so him going to the dl is unlikely unless it gets worse. but his problem is actually because his swing is TERRIBLE right now. he's always having home run cuts or weak swings and his batting stance is awful. alot of braves fans are getting tired of him, especially with his comments earlier in the year. expect boos tuesday night (game is on tbs).
May 21, 200719 yr andruw jones seems to have this habit of not going to the dl and playing hurt, so him going to the dl is unlikely unless it gets worse. but his problem is actually because his swing is TERRIBLE right now. he's always having home run cuts or weak swings and his batting stance is awful. alot of braves fans are getting tired of him, especially with his comments earlier in the year. expect boos tuesday night (game is on tbs). Well, his bad swing can probably be attributed to his bad back. I've never been an Andruw Jones fan, but he is too good of a player to stay in a funk like this for long.
May 21, 200719 yr I haven't seen Jones play much, but when I have, he literally falls over when he swings. He needs to shorten the swing, and try going to the opposite field more. But from what I've read, he's apparently said he's "a pull hitter."
May 21, 200719 yr andruw jones seems to have this habit of not going to the dl and playing hurt, so him going to the dl is unlikely unless it gets worse. but his problem is actually because his swing is TERRIBLE right now. he's always having home run cuts or weak swings and his batting stance is awful. alot of braves fans are getting tired of him, especially with his comments earlier in the year. expect boos tuesday night (game is on tbs). Well, his bad swing can probably be attributed to his bad back. I've never been an Andruw Jones fan, but he is too good of a player to stay in a funk like this for long. i disagree...offensively...for his potential when he came up...he has always been in a funk...he tries to hit mickey mantle sized moon shots every time up...which is why his career average is around what? .270...this is nothing new from him...if his defense slumped, then id be worried
May 21, 200719 yr andruw jones seems to have this habit of not going to the dl and playing hurt, so him going to the dl is unlikely unless it gets worse. but his problem is actually because his swing is TERRIBLE right now. he's always having home run cuts or weak swings and his batting stance is awful. alot of braves fans are getting tired of him, especially with his comments earlier in the year. expect boos tuesday night (game is on tbs). Well, his bad swing can probably be attributed to his bad back. I've never been an Andruw Jones fan, but he is too good of a player to stay in a funk like this for long. i disagree...offensively...for his potential when he came up...he has always been in a funk...he tries to hit mickey mantle sized moon shots every time up...which is why his career average is around what? .270...this is nothing new from him...if his defense slumped, then id be worried I don't think Andruw Jones ever truly met expectations offensively.
May 21, 200719 yr And yet he'll probably still retire with 500-600 HR. He's not going to put up a platinum sombrero every night, but Hollywood K's a lot. He's always had issues with low pitches anyways.
May 22, 200719 yr Author You could throw him 92 down the fat part of the plate and he would be frozen by it right now.
May 22, 200719 yr andruw jones seems to have this habit of not going to the dl and playing hurt, so him going to the dl is unlikely unless it gets worse. but his problem is actually because his swing is TERRIBLE right now. he's always having home run cuts or weak swings and his batting stance is awful. alot of braves fans are getting tired of him, especially with his comments earlier in the year. expect boos tuesday night (game is on tbs). Well, his bad swing can probably be attributed to his bad back. I've never been an Andruw Jones fan, but he is too good of a player to stay in a funk like this for long. i disagree...offensively...for his potential when he came up...he has always been in a funk...he tries to hit mickey mantle sized moon shots every time up...which is why his career average is around what? .270...this is nothing new from him...if his defense slumped, then id be worried I don't think Andruw Jones ever truly met expectations offensively. Fair enough. The weird thing about Andruw is that he'll K 120 times in a season but he'll also drive in 130 runs and score 100 more. As JimmyJack pointed out, he's really in there for his stellar D [even if he's a bit of a hotdog] and who knows how many runs he saves in the OF with his leather. I think he's one of those guys like Soriano who got rushed through the minors and was expected to compete at the ML level too quickly instead of being developed in AA or AAA ball. These guys are getting along on raw talent alone. I still say he comes out of this and finishes the season with a .260/.270 avg.
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