Wil Myers raking, still striking out too much
Over his last 10 games, Myers has hit .343/.465/.886 with 5 home runs, 2 doubles and a triple in 35 AB's. Yes, that's an .886 slugging percentage. But he's also struck out 10 times, continuing his season-long trend of striking out in more than 20% of his plate appearances. Part of me says this isn't a problem--that he's so dangerous that pitchers aren't throwing him strikes, so he's expanding his zone to do damage. But another part wonders if he's having this much trouble making contact in AA, what will happen against savvier pitchers in AAA and the Majors? Myers is consistently hitting baseballs about as hard as baseballs can be hit, but he's also swinging and missing a lot. Do we care?



