Derek Dietrich is a strong dude who stands almost on top of the plate. In fact, he’s been rivaled only by Anthony Rizzo over the course of his career for standing statuesque on inside pitches and being plunked, with some 104 pitches that have hit him over the last 7 seasons entering play tonight.
That included 2 last night, for the record, but did not included the trio of plunkings he dealt with tonight.
You can absolutely make the case that he’s not getting out of the way of pitches like a player who is legitimately worried about getting hit, but considering the dude spends an incredible amount of his non-playing time in the gym lifting weights and sports an attitude that certainly doesn’t suggest he’s scared of getting hit, it’s pretty obvious he’s willing to let it happen.