Aug 18 Drew has been unable to recapture the hitting success he enjoyed last season, MLB.com reports.
Recommendation: After hitting .316 with 25 extra-base hits in 209 at-bats last year, Drew entered Friday's game with a .232 batting average and a .175 mark in August. On the plus side, he hasn't allowed the struggles at the plate to carry over into the field. "The biggest thing for me is to keep playing defense the way I have been," he said. "The hitting is there. I'm not worried about that". Thus far, Arizona has shown no inclination to sit their shortstop while his season-long tailspin continues unabated.
MLB.com - you can count on them to be right on top of these things...but you have to love the plug for the importance of defense...
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Choking the raccoon, huh? - everybody's doing it!
Well, the D-Backs are 16 games over with a negative run differential. Uh, what's going on here? It MUST be Drew's defense, especially in key, close and late situations. Otherwise, how do you explain their success? No one is having a great year offesively (though Byrnes has been surprising), and the rotation is nothing special after Webb. The bullpen is okay, but again, uh, i can't explain it.......any ideas?
It's just another glitch for us blips.
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