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Law on Moustakas

The man behind RR's millionth-hit talked a little Royals yesterday on the WWL:

 

Mike Moustakas can look good and bad in the same game. He has a great swing and is very strong, hitting a belt-high fastball out for a long home run to right. Yet in the at-bats before and after that one, he showed poor recognition of off-speed stuff and missed at least one hittable fastball in a fastball count. He wasn't challenged on anything at third base.

Just a little squib, of course, but interesting nonetheless. Not only is said squib about one of our key guys for the future, but it also shows how, in talking about human performers, particularly in the early stages of development, we can see the good and bad.

As for the baseball stuff, isn't a similar problem with off-speed stuff the same thing that's given Gordon trouble pretty much since he reached the Majors?

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