For starters, to be fair, Mike Zunino is a really good defensive catcher. Some sports pundits (like Ken Rosenthal)
might even argue he's the best in the game behind the dish.
Unfortunately, he often looks hopeless in the batter's box.
The
24-year-old catcher has struck out an astounding 100 times in just 250 at-bats, and
his slash line of .160/.223/.292 looks like it came out of the Triple Play Baseball 2001 video game. He sees a highly
respectable 4.17 pitches per plate appearance (16th in the Majors), but
working the count doesn't mean jack if you're constantly golfing for dollars and
not drawing walks.
If you love what Mikey brings defensively and
think I'm being too harsh, go watch the next Mariners game.
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