I know it is just a few PA for Kila, but

i think you may be reading into 4 sliders a bit too much, but i guess something to watch for in the future

I’m curious what count he’s in when he goes down for those. Early in the count he’s got to spit on those (and, frankly, based upon his historical approach he’s also going to let strikes go by if they aren’t his pitch). But, once he’s done that, he may find himself in a pitcher’s count and also have a reminder that he’s not getting the call on close ones in the Majors… so he’s got to expand a little bit… probably more than he’s used to doing. If so, I would expect an adjustment period while he figures out which marginal pitches he has to swing at with 2 strikes.

Of course, there’s already a sample size issue here, and getting more granular (i.e. by adding the count) is only going to make it worse… we’ll just have to wait and see.

something to look at and say “hey, he’s the same guy, just unlucky!” But we don’t really have anything yet. He took another walk last night against a good pitcher, so that’s good. And a broken bat blooper fell in for a hit, so that’s good. Right now, I just like watching his at-bats because I know he’s a professional hitter.

On a side note, how about the first pitch swinging against CC last night? Ended up giving CC a near complete game. Great strategy.