At this point we’re all familiar with Mazara’s struggles and the data beneath the surface of his stat-line, after all I’ve written about it before. The known quantities have been talked about to death. He continues to struggle with his O-swing rates, so far posting an O-swing right along his career averages. His ground ball rate has dropped and overall his batted ball data looks better than in 2018, but not to the extent many had hoped with the new coaching staff. Through the small sample, Mazara is currently under-performing his batted ball metrics as xwOBA suggests he should be an above average MLB hitter, but the slow start is still intriguing.
An Underlying Problem for Nomar Mazara
