Slow starts are a part of baseball. Each year, several key players get off to slow starts and still end up producing good seasons. On the flip side, several players get off to hot starts and finish with mediocre seasons. That’s part of the great game of baseball.
But Jason Kipnis is in the former category, getting off to a very slow start this season. Over the first month, Kipnis sports a slash line of .167/.248/.225 with 28 strikeouts, tied for second most on the team. He has the worst batting average of any of the regular starters on the Indians.