Reynolds' Reaction to K is a Whiff of Fresh Air

Interesting story from Yahoo's Tim Brown on Mark Reynolds, his strikeouts, and how he handles it. (Related to another Yahoo MLB story about the increase in Ks overall.)

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Mark Reynolds

cares not for your “strikeouts”….

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by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

Nice article

I’m always glad to see Mark get some attention for something other than holding the record or having a lot of errors.

And I didn’t realize how much he’d cut down his errors by. Sure, part of it is that he spent some time at first this season, but it’s still pretty impressive.

"I can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are..."

by kishi on Sep 9, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions

Actually,

I think Jim posted something not too long ago about his errors being inflated by his time at first. Like, his ratio of errors per inning was higher there than on the hot corner.

by Azreous on Sep 9, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

They are

But the article specifically mentions his errors at third- he’s got 17 at third this season, and 5 while playing first.

"I can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are..."

by kishi on Sep 9, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah.

See kids, this is what happens when you don’t read the article before commenting.

by Azreous on Sep 10, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, Ks are better than double play balls

But, I also agree with some people (I’ve heard Grace and Sutton mention it) that, sometimes all it takes to score a run is to put the ball in play. Sometimes a grounder will score, sometimes they’ll make an error. But aside from those specific situations, I don’t mind his Ks.

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by snakecharmer on Sep 9, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions