The Franmil Reyes era in Cleveland did not start out in ideal fashion. Over his first 39 plate appearances from August 1-11, he recorded just four hits and struck out 35.9% of the time.
FanGraphs tells us Reyes swung at 40% of pitches outside the strike zone in this span, which helped contribute not only to a 26.2% swinging strike rate, but also a 2.6% walk rate. He made contact on just 35.3% of such pitches. It was pretty clear that the book on him was to elevate fastballs above the zone, because he couldn’t lay off and he wasn’t patient enough to work counts or draw walks.