I’m someone that doesn’t like to overreact to a small sample size at the start of the season—good or bad. But it’s June 19 and Manny Machado’s numbers aren’t good.
.248 AVG, .303 OBP, .361 SLG, .664 OPS, 6 HR, 33 RBI (70 games)
If you aren’t watching him play every day then you might think maybe he’s just getting unlucky but his Baseball Savant page indicates he’s swinging and missing too much:
Kevin Acee put together a great piece in the San Diego Union-Tribune this week that laid out how much Machado isn’t capitalizing on good pitches to hit:
“Machado is batting .