When I think of a young baseball player, I often thing aggressive and maybe a bit undisciplined. But that doesn’t appear to be the case with the players the Cubs have brought up over the last couple seasons. In fact, the Cubs’ rookie players are among the best on the team when it comes to seeing pitches.
It can be frustrating as a fan to watch a guy lay off what appears to you to be a hittable pitch, but this isn’t a series of Mighty Casey at-bats or anything. Rather than taking pitches out of some form of hubris, these players appear to be bent on acquiring as much knowledge as possible.