Pedroia's struggles against RHP - 美國職棒

Dustin Pedroia’s RBI double in the second inning didn’t just chase Freddy
Garcia from the game on Tuesday. It also marked a rare moment of success
against a right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox second baseman.

After facing the New York Yankees in April, Pedroia was hitting .409 with an
1.140 OPS against righties. Since then, the numbers are hard on the eyes.

In 144 at-bats against RHP since April 11, Pedroia is hitting .174 with an
MLB-worst .208 slugging percentage. Tuesday’s double was just his second off
a righty in that span.

Overall, Pedroia is hitting .205 with a .575 OPS against right-handed
pitchers. That puts him on a historically bad pace, not just for him, but in
recent Red Sox history.

Since 1975, only one Red Sox hitter has posted a lower OPS vs. RHP over a
full season. Tony Pena had a .566 OPS against righties in 1991, his second
season in Boston. Beyond that, the only other player to post a sub-.600 OPS
against righties in the last 35 years was Jerry Remy (.593 in 1983).

In other words, Pedroia’s performance against righties is reminiscent of an
aging backstop or a light-hitting future broadcaster.

This is particularly eye-opening given that Pedroia entered the season with a
higher career OPS against righties (.839) than lefties (.806). He hit over
.300 against right-handed pitchers in each of the past four seasons. Last
season, he hit 12 home runs in 230 at-bats against righties. So far in 2011?
Just two in 166 at-bats.

So why is Pedroia struggling so much? He’s hitting .355 with a 1.003 OPS
against lefties, so it’s really his work against right-handers keeping his
season stuck in neutral.

One clear area of concern is inside pitches (strikes over the inner third of
the plate and balls inside). Last season, Pedroia turned on these pitches for
a .388 batting average and 10 home runs. This season, he’s hitting .155 with
a mere .207 slugging percentage.

Pedroia has been nearly helpless against the slider from righties. On at-bats
ending in a slider, he’s just 1-for-27 (.037). It was just two years ago
when Pedroia hit .287 in that same situation.

There’s also the two-strike problem. Pedroia, notoriously a tough hitter to
strikeout, has already fanned 30 times against a righty. That’s already
exceeded last season’s total of 28, and is one fewer than the 31 he had in
453 at-bats in 2009.


簡單翻譯

小派從4/11以後

是全聯盟打右投打最差的

SLG僅僅為.208

在今年2011 對右投的OPS為.575

而且對於右投的內角球越來越沒抵抗力

打擊率僅為.155 SLG.207

相較於去年.388 10HR SLG.925

有著天壤之別

而且對右投的滑球也沒有什麼反擊能力

27次機會中僅僅揮出一次安打

相較於兩年前 打擊率.287 的表現 有明顯的差距

另一個差異則是出現在 被三振的表現上

今年被右投三振了30次已經比去年多 也已經只比09年少一次

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小派加油!!

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