Eyewitness Accounts: Christian Encarnacion-Strand is More Than Just a Long Name

Hit 40 When McCray made contact, even on foul balls, he tended to get the barrel on the ball. Nevertheless, he had a regarding quantity of whiffs in my seems to be. Numbers over the previous two seasons (roughly 30% Ok-rate and .380 BABIP) are according to somebody struggling to place the ball in play, however making constant laborious contact.

Not a free swinger. His method is simply actually inconsistent. He had some unbelievable plate appearances the place he made glorious takes, fouled off powerful two-strike pitches, and barreled up a line drive. Then there have been others the place he was swinging out of his sneakers at pitches out of the zone early within the rely. I nonetheless assume McCray will at all times have below-average Ok-rates and will get stalled when he reaches higher minors competitors, however he has the bat velocity to show me unsuitable if he cleans up his method.