27 minutes ago, Falstaff said:

I can tell you what I heard from Chris Getz's interview. Colson's strike outs and slump was brought up by Bruce Levine. Getz first acknowledged Colson's contribution to the team's success with his glove, his home run production, and being a good in the clubhouse with everyone. Getz said Colson has also shown a willingness to work with the team by going down to AZ last year and his openness to work with the team again.

All complimentary no negatives at all in the Getz interview I heard.

That's why I was curious.

Kolson can only hit the bottom third of the zone and is a pull only hitter. If I was apart of the coaching staff, I tell Kolson he works opposite field all offseason with a shorter swing. Pulling the ball for pop will naturally follow.

On 9/25/2026 at 4:46 PM, southsider2k5 said:

And yet he is still a .700 OPS hitter with high level defense. That's not topped out at AA.

Oh please stop! You think a .700 OPS is good enough? It's very below average for a power hitter. C'mon now! Besides that, his OPS for July was .616; August .637, and September was a paltry .445, yes .445!!!!!!! And just 9 HR's in the 2nd half. If he wasn't treated as a golden boy, he would have been sent back down a month ago like every other struggling young player.

Stop including what he did before the league figured him out 3 months ago.

1 minute ago, Rounding_Third said:

Oh please stop! You think a .700 OPS is good enough? It's very below average for a power hitter. C'mon now! Besides that, his OPS for July was .616; August .637, and September was a paltry .445, yes .445!!!!!!! And just 9 HR's in the 2nd half. If he wasn't treated as a golden boy, he would have been sent back down a month ago like every other struggling young player.

Stop including what he did before the league figured him out 3 months ago.

He put up top half SS numbers in MLB this season with all of his flaws. I know everyone is fixated on his Ks, but again, he has two more minimum wage seasons. You'd be an idiot to punt on that.

When Rock is ready SS is his!

1 minute ago, Soxfest said:

When Rock is ready SS is his!

Regardless of what Rock ends up being, there has to be a better option out there than record-breaking Kolson.

8 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

He put up top half SS numbers in MLB this season with all of his flaws. I know everyone is fixated on his Ks, but again, he has two more minimum wage seasons. You'd be an idiot to punt on that.

I agree with you 100%

One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that lately when Colson gets “his pitch” in an AB he absolutely crushes it….about 10 rows foul into the right field corner. He’s had about 5-10 of those swings lately that would have been home runs if he had been a tenth of a second later on the ball. The power is still there.

He’s still getting killed on breaking balls and changes in and out of the zone. He’s just not seeing the ball very well out of the pitchers hand for some reason.

he went 4 for his last 59 with 1 double and 0 homers. It’s easily the worst slump of his career.

I think you give him game 1 but if he doesn’t get on base, I start someone else in game 2.

15 minutes ago, Greg Hibbard said:

One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that lately when Colson gets “his pitch” in an AB he absolutely crushes it….about 10 rows foul into the right field corner. He’s had about 5-10 of those swings lately that would have been home runs if he had been a tenth of a second later on the ball. The power is still there.

He’s still getting killed on breaking balls and changes in and out of the zone. He’s just not seeing the ball very well out of the pitchers hand for some reason.

he went 4 for his last 59 with 1 double and 0 homers. It’s easily the worst slump of his career.

I think you give him game 1 but if he doesn’t get on base, I start someone else in game 2.

Maybe he should get his eyes checked/wear glasses