Kinsler is 2-17 in his last 5 games and he seems to be constantly getting under the ball to pop out. He seemed to clearly be more frustrated with himself as the night went on last night as he went 0-4 with 2 Ks. Maybe Rudy needs to talk to him about tweaking his swing, going opposite field more, or being more patient at the plate. Lewin and Grieve talked last night on the broadcast about how he is swinging at the first pitch more often lately but his average his .447 with a 0-0 count so why mess with that? I think the question here is: should Ian he be hitting lead-off?
***His avearage leading off an inning is .202, but his average with runners on his .392.***
At this point, the Rangers should see if Elvis could handle the lead-off spot as his bat fits the role more than Ian's power swing does. Andrus is hitting .250 leading off an inning and I think it would be a great confidence boost to his psyche to hit lead-off. How excited can you be to hit in the #9 slot every night. This is a very confident young man so lets feed it by hitting him leadoff.
That is my opinion, what do you think? Do you have someone else in mind to hit in the #1 hole?
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