Gomez Extended

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While he hasn't taken a walk yet it is nice to see that his contact rate is up and his swinging strike % is down. His out of zone swing % is down as well so he isn't swinging at as many bad pitches. He is showing at least a little bit of growth as a hitter. The big step is to lay off pitches that are strikes or balls that he knows he can't drive. That is a step he probably will never take but if he could do that he would become a good hitter instead of just an adequate one. Being aggressive is fine as long as you are hitting good hitter's pitches. Gomez is just aggressive just to be aggressive though and that isn't a good thing.

He is also seeing fewer pitches outside the zone so far.