Joey Votto went through a small slump in the middle of May but has really turned it on since May 22nd. Since then he has hit .480/.552/.680. I figured we could take a look at what he has done over that time.

He has swung at 6 pitches out of the zone in a week. Doing [...]

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While watching the Reds game the other night, one of the announcers (can’t recall currently who it was) said that Votto loved the high pitches and I decided to see if that observation was a valid one. I broke down the height of the pitches Votto has seen this year in 10 inch increments and [...]

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Earlier in the spring after looking at a called third strike, Dusty Baker made a comment that Votto needed to be more aggressive at the plate. Some took it in a way that Baker wanted him to start swinging at a lot more and at pitches out of the zone. I took it more as [...]

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