Moran has shown an ability to put together a quality at-bat at any time. But is he perhaps a bit too patient?
As per Statcast, Moran has an edge percentage (defined as pitches on the very edge of the strike zone (yet still in the zone)) of 40.7 percent — two full percentage points higher than the league rate. He has a swing rate on those pitches of just 48.6 percent. That figure may not seem significant either way, but in Moran’s case it gains importance from the fact that 27.3 of the pitches he takes on the edges are called as strikes.