4 hours ago, almagest said:

He could hit the ball basically in any part of the zone, but do we know how well he hits fastballs vs offspeed? Seems like he's having trouble picking up spin to me (based on how often he swings and misses on crap in the dirt). He also seems in between to a degree that paralyzes his decision making at the plate, which is why he's not swinging at some obvious strikes. Also I can't find it now but I saw a comparison of his setup and its very different now as compared to when he was hitting.

Basically, he's a complete mess and needs a reset.

I didn't post the pitch values pre/post slump, but he was hitting the fastball well before the injury and is now hitting nothing well. breaking pitches were always one of his weaknesses.

7 hours ago, fathom said:

Absolutely great stuff, kudos! I think his bat path is so messed up. His hands obviously starts high, and then he immediately drops them a staggering amount. He also seems to have no confidence anymore, and it’s apparent in his body language.

The hands dropping too low is probably forcing him to have the higher swing tilt.

24 minutes ago, chw42 said:

The hands dropping too low is probably forcing him to have the higher swing tilt.

I go back to the fastball he swung under against Gavin Williams. It’s just not going to work at this level.

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

I go back to the fastball he swung under against Gavin Williams. It’s just not going to work at this level.

He straight up looks late on any fastball. Especially outside fastballs.

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

He straight up looks late on any fastball. Especially outside fastballs.

Open up early, hands drop too much and indecision equals 50 pct strikeout rate

The white Sox subreddit is convinced that he will bounce back and the Sox should resign him. Those guys are optimistic about everything.

1 hour ago, ron883 said:

The white Sox subreddit is convinced that he will bounce back and the Sox should resign him. Those guys are optimistic about everything.

The nice thing is that the Sox have another entire season to see if he can do it. But I can’t see him not going all the way to free agency now.

Edited September 17Sep 17 by WhiteSox2023

'Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.'

I noticed Mune changed where he starts his hands today. Much more similar to what he was doing to start the year.

7 minutes ago, chw42 said:

I noticed Mune changed where he starts his hands today. Much more similar to what he was doing to start the year.

My eyes were telling me the same thing. I’m curious if it was true or if our eyes were right.

triple and a HR? LFG

11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Why else would he take the dive?

Not to derail the thread, as I was originally just making a joke. But the translator definitely took the fall. Money is the answer to your question.

Vargas 826 ops, Murakami 816

Good post. I still think it's primarily the mental strain of his first MLB season. Hopefully last night sparks the big turnaround.

Edited September 18Sep 18 by 35thstreetswarm

11 hours ago, chw42 said:

I noticed Mune changed where he starts his hands today. Much more similar to what he was doing to start the year.

11 hours ago, Chisoxfn said:

My eyes were telling me the same thing. I’m curious if it was true or if our eyes were right.

When I saw he homered I looked up the video just to check. Our eyes do not deceive us.

3 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

When I saw he homered I looked up the video just to check. Our eyes do not deceive us.

In the Sun-Times today he acknowledged that his swing had become to "upper cut."

6 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

When I saw he homered I looked up the video just to check. Our eyes do not deceive us.

They don't, but it's a bit more nuanced. He tinkers with his stance/setup a lot. His Opening Day stance that everyone is using as a benchmark was markedly different from his stance even 2 weeks afterward

I hope we could be changing the title to "What Broke Mune Out"