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Originally Posted by sg8335aa
One thing I'll give Helton credit for is every single time the opposing pitcher is laboring and getting into the 80s/90s of pitch count and trying to get through an inning......Helton comes up and proceeds to have one of those patented AB that always seem to go to a 3-2 count with 4-5 foul balls. Silver lining for sure.....but hey, its August and we're only 3.5 games back. I'm looking at the silver lining in everything right now.
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Helton has two skills left - Great strikezone judgment and the ability to foul off almost any pitch that's close to the strikezone. He is averaging 4.4 pitches per plate appearance, a personal career high, and up from 3.9 to 4.0 over the past many seasons. So Todd is more patient and more tenacious than ever at the plate.
He is also less effective at driving the ball or turning on pitches than ever before. That's why he is no longer a prototypical cleanup hitter. And it's getting worse by the month.