Baker hits it on the head, sort of

2 posts in a row agreeing with Baker? I must be coming down with the flu.

"I think a lot of times, guys who are April players, they're fastball hitters because pitchers aren't ready to get their breaking balls over yet," Baker said. "If a guy can get a breaking ball over and change speeds early in the year, he can get everybody out. Your eyes aren't ready and your muscles and hand-eye coordination aren't ready to make that speed adjustment yet.

To me that statement is like Deja Vu. For the last 2 years Alex Gonzalez has started off strong. Only to finish in the dumps for the rest of the year. I have always explained why Alex Gonzalez started off strong and then failed the rest of the year and usually get the "Your an idiot" comment. So to me its sort of like vindication that Baker kind of see's it also.

"I haven't been around Alex long enough to say he's an April hitter," Baker said. "We want him to be an April, May, June, July, August and September hitter."

I dont know how much more of Agonz he needs to see before he realizes he is the definition of an April hitter. But its Bakers way of trying to turning an obvious negative into a positive. Ofcourse we would love for him to be a April through September hitter. But dont count on it.

Over the last 3 years Agonz averages for the month are as followed.

April - .276
May - .210
June - .250
July - .223
August - .239
September - .253

April hitter? Yeah i think so.