[外電] What's up with Pujols?

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http://tinyurl.com/2z3uuy What's up with Pujols? By Rick Hummel ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 04/13/2007 When Albert Pujols is hitting .176 with just one homer and two runs batted in for the first nine games, red flags go up all over. And not just because he is Albert Pujols. Generally, the Cardinals’ first baseman is one of the fastest-starting players in the game. For his previous six years, Pujols has hit .331 in April with 45 home runs, an average of better than seven a year for the month which traditionally has the fewest games played because of off days and postponements. Last year, Pujols was the best player ever in April, at least as far as power was concerned. He set a major-league record for that month with 14 homers and he batted .346 while driving in 32 runs. His only RBIs this season have come on a two-run homer off Houston’s Jason Jennings last Sunday. And none of the RBIs have come with men in scoring position as Pujols, who batted .397 with men in scoring territory last year, is nothing for nine now. Why is this? Some theories: * Except for a few days in the last week of spring training, Pujols did not hit for much average or power, although he hit the ball harder than the .234 average and no home runs he had with 10 days to go in the spring. So, what we ’ve seen is a continuation of that. * The Cardinals have faced pitching that's been almost as good as they have had themselves. Part of it is Pujols, but the Cardinals have been held to three runs or fewer in seven of their nine games. * Most importantly, Pujols has been too impatient. Except for two walks he had on Opening Night, he has walked only three times since then, all intentionally. This suggests that Pujols is expanding his hitting area to outside the strike zone because very few pitchers are going to throw him too many strikes. * And one of the main reasons Pujols probably has swung at too many pitches, even lunging at some of them, is that he has had little or no production in the lineup behind him. Cleanup man Scott Rolen is hitting only .192 and missed two games with back spasms. And center fielder Jim Edmonds, the other primary protection for Pujols these last few years, is still rehabilitating from two off-season surgeries and still is well off form. Pujols, in essence, seems to be trying to do too much and, in the process, accomplishing too little. * * * IN SUNDAY'S POST-DISPATCH: We explore Albert Pujols' slow start to the season and break down what might be happening with El Hombre at the plate. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.122.224.110