Javy Baez is a free-swinger.
That's not some earth-shattering statement.
It's well known Baez is not up there to walk and there's a solid case to be made that he is the most aggressive hitter in baseball — Salvador Perez is the only other qualified hitter since the start of the 2018 season who swings at pitches outside the strike zone more than Baez.
So then how is it that one of Baez's problems this year is actually that he's not swinging enough?
He struck out looking twice in Friday's series opener with the Cardinals at Wrigley Field, which brought his season "backwards K" total to 10 already.