With one of the Philadelphia Phillies most prominent sluggers starting to heat up at the plate, that is a bad sign for the rest of the league.
After a slow start offensively, they have turned things around and are, once again, one of the most prolific teams at the plate across the league. While that certainly garners attention, the most impressive part of this team is their starting pitching rotation who continues to dominate.That would be the production of 2023 All-Star Nick Castellanos, who has struggled early this season and has faced much critiscm because of it.. That put his slash line at .173/.242/.
For someone who carried Philadelphia at the plate early last year, he looked like a shell of himself. But, Castellanos has quietly started to figure things out at the plate. In his last nine games he has completely flipped a switch going 11-35 with three doubles, two home runs, and five RBI."I just feel like my swings are more loose -- free. I'm not worried so much about chasing or being so hard on myself with trying to have a plan and whatnot. Just go up there with no thoughts and just swing.
Change in approaches at the plate was a major topic of conversation this offseason after the offense went ice cold in the most important stretch of the NLCS as they lost two games at home. There was conversation about being more selective and not chasing balls out of the zone."My whole career, I've never had a plan, I've never looked for a pitch ... I think that I just really tried to be something that I wasn't at the beginning of the season, and myself a little bit.
The Phillies likely knew what type of hitter they signed up for when they handed the slugger a five-year, $100 million contract.Castellanos can flip the switch and become one of the best hitters in the game. That was evident when he single-handedly overpowered theTo win a World Series they're going to need him to be that type of hitter.Brad Wakai graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Journalism.
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