I’ve just got to keep believing in my work, trusting in my work.” Once I get back into my groove, once I get going, the sky is the limit. That’s what I’m trying to get back to, plus be able to do more. They just want to see me go out and do what I normally do. “I can say (my knee is a factor) somewhat, but don’t nobody want to hear that s. “That is part of it,” Anderson conceded on that last point, before quickly putting it on himself to be more disciplined. Tim Anderson is caught stealing on May 18. Yeah, I can get hits off some balls, but I ain’t really trying to do that. I think it’s all about toning it down and getting good pitches to hit. So I was growing, and I felt like I kinda took a couple of steps back: I guess coming off the injury and trying to make hard contact and find that barrel, and more so I guess you could say, trying to play catch-up. Before, I felt like I wasn’t really swinging at a lot of s-, and I was getting some walks. “I feel like I was getting good pitches to hit. “Just go look at the numbers of everything before my injury and after my injury and I think that would tell you a lot,” Anderson said. Anderson’s out-of-zone chase rate for the season (35.2 percent entering Tuesday) still remains at a career-low, but a quick summary of his self-assessment is that he was managing his aggression properly before the injury and not been keyed on pitches “to get my A-swing off” since he’s returned. To ask him, the central issue behind his struggles aligns with his central project for the season: improving his plate discipline. 213/.263/.213 since returning from a left knee sprain. I may not look like I’m growing, but I’m growing.”Įntering Tuesday night, Anderson had hit. It’s all about learning and making adjustments. I’ll sacrifice three or four weeks of sucking, to be great for a while. “It’s OK to suck for three or four weeks to be great for … the rest of your life (laughs). “It’s part of the process,” Anderson said. Well, Anderson certainly doesn’t care for it, but reasons that whenever the slump finally ends he will be better for it. ![]() But he also doesn’t hate this figurative place, entering Tuesday night in Cleveland ensconced in one of the worst offensive slumps of his career, and the worst since his 2019 breakout.
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