One of the brightest of the few bright spots of last season, Brandon Nimmo entered 2019 with sky-high expectations. But after a perfectly cromulent spring, he has seemingly hit a brick wall. Small sample size is the name of the game this time of year, but there’s plenty worth exploring behind his brutal .087/.276/.087 line.
Nimmo has always been prone to the strikeout. He takes deep at-bats, the personal embodiment of the Alderson Era emphasis on waiting for the right pitch for solid contact. His 27% career strikeout rate is above league average, though not to the extent of a Chris Davis or Joey Gallo.