Trout has hit .185 over his last 14 games, including a particular issue getting his bat on fastballs. Trout says he’s not sure what’s been wrong, but he’s confident he will get out of the slump.…
BALTIMORE — Mike Trout stood at his locker fully understanding the questions were coming.The Angels superstar is currently mired in one of the rare extended slumps in a career that has included three American League MVP awards and will end with a trip to the Hall of Fame.
Outside of when he first debuted in the big leagues as a 19-year-old in 2011, Trout has had just one 14-game stretch in which his OPS was this low, and that was sandwiched around his back injury last year. During Trout’s current slump, his whiff rate at fastballs is 29.3%, which is only slightly worse than what he was in April. The difference is that he’s seen more fastballs. Pitchers have thrown him a fastball 70.7% of the time in May, compared with 64% in April.
Fastballs nowadays are not what they were even a few years ago. Pitchers now have a better understanding of how spin can make it tougher for hitters to get the bat on fastballs up in the zone, which is where Trout has always had some trouble.
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