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padresfan
Wonders if he should stop switch hitting and focus on one side of the plate
I mean I remember when chipper jones stopped batting switch for a season or two
radzyfsu
Chipper never stopped switch hitting
thegreatcerealfamine
Yea where’d he get that?
padresfan
He did
He stopped batting right for a little bit
Might have been an injury
But he did
Then he picked it back up
padresfan
It was around the time he was playing left field full time
Cam
Strange – on his Baseball-Reference yearly splits, it shows he’s always hit switch. The total w/ the platoon advantage v total PA’s are equal every year.
JKB 2
Its not strange since he never stopped switch hitting. Maybe he came back from an injury and stopped for a few weeks? But he never stopped for even one full season
Cam
Then I’d think BR would have captured those few weeks – but his numbers say every AB has been switch. Unless he stopped switch hitting while in the Minors on rehab or something.
padresfan
During that time frame he suffered an oblique injury and kept playing
But yes he batted left that season
JKB 2
Chipper was always a switch hitter. What are you talking about?
mikeyank55
Why are they being compared in the same breath?
bravesfan1998
Lol
sufferforsnakes
They went to Jarrod.
vinscully16
Saltalamacchia is terrible. Watching him try to throw out base runners is uncomfortable.
jimmertee
Agreed, he has been extraordinarily bad on both sides of the ball. But it makes me wonder why they are signing him. Is Russ Martin’s injury going to have him out longer than first thought? Why can’t they trade for a catcher? It doesn’t make sense signing this guy, even for depth at AAA.
bradthebluefish
Cheap depth to have a MLB experienced catcher hang out in the minors. It only cost money, not prospects.