Thursday Sandy Alderson did a little question and answer session with a bunch of local bloggers and one of the questions that was asked had do with Jason Bay and his power. Of course people are concerned about his ability to hit for power. So fat this spring he has 2 doubles and no homers. In in yesterdays pummeling of the Cardinals where the Mets hit 5 homers, Bay had a single. Alderson's response to Bay and hoping to find his stroke his below.
In terms of his power, its still a work in progress. In the off-season, he worked with an old hitting coach from Pittsburgh, and came into Spring with a new setup at the plate. He recently canned that and went back to his old approach. While there hasn’t been any power numbers, he’s hitting quite well, and his on base percentage is very high. From my standpoint, first priority is OBP, second priority is power. I’m certainly hopefully it will come back, and most of us expect he will adjust to Citi Field. When the power comes, it comes. I am pleased with his approach at the plate.
Not sure if Alderson realizes that the Mets are paying 66M to Jason Bay and its not to hit singles or get on base via a walk. He is the guy that is suppose to be driving the runs in after Reyes,Pagan or Wright gets on base. Of course we knew going into this year that Alderson was the OBP king from his days with the A's but come on. Jason Bay needs to hit homers. Bay through out his career has a .374 OBP so I do not think his OBP is an issue. The fact that Alderson counts it has # 1 in regards to Jason Bay is disturbing if you ask me.
Jose Reyes of course will be worried about OBP and has already talked about how he needs to be more patient. Alderson and the Mets are already in Reyes's head. We don't need these stats guys in Bay's head. We need homers from the 66M man not singles and walks.
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