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Friday
Oct222010

Swinging Outside

AuthorDavid Pinto | DateFriday, October 22, 2010 at 5:24PM

Elvis Andrus hit consistently in the mid .260s his first two years in the majors.  In the first ten games of the 2010 playoffs, Elvis erupted for a .348 BA hitting .333 in the ALDS and .364 so far in the ALCS.  During the regular season, Andrus found most of his success on the inner half of the plate, in the middle to low end of the strike zone:

Elvis Andrus 2010 regular season.In the post season, Elvis still gets some hits low and inside, but now he's banging balls on the outside corner as well.

Elvis Andrus 2010 post season, first ten games.For obvious reasons, pitchers like to work Elvis away.  So far this October, that strategy worked against Texas' opponents.
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