Harris has a great defensive glove but gives all of that up when he consistently whiffs with runners in scoring position, and I guess he thinks its his duty to record the 3rd out in an inning, which I'm sure the stats will show he leads the team in that area. When he gets a solid hit and brings in a few, like he did in the last win (there is a correlation), everyone takes that one instance and mix it with his defensive play, and all is forgotten and forgiven, at least until he goes 4 or 5 games hitless and the cycle goes over and over. In reality Harris helps in winning one game and assists in 4 losses. Put a couple of months of that and that's what we call the present. Bottom line he has a great glove but cannot be depended on to help at all on the offensive side, and to me that is what we called the "Arcia Problem" the past 2 years until finally the club booted Arcia with his .180 average as his defensive skills started disappearing. The other significant difference between Arcia and Harris is the club was paying Arcia peanuts compared to Harris' contract, and that is that. I keep hoping Harris will come in one day (soon I hope) and just start hitting. That happens and that problem goes away. That is the same thing I hoped would happen with Arcia, and with Kelenic, and with Verdugo, and Murphy, and even Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall. Of course the problem didn't go away with any of those which is why some are no longer on the team and others are close to being done. Have you ever seen a small boat out on the water with the rudder stuck, and it just keeps going in circles? Use that to form your own conclusions............about the Braves. Who controls the rudder? The Manager? The General Manager? The ownership group? The team captain (never mind, he's in LA). Someone will have to straighten the rudder so this team can succeed. I hope we identify that someone soon.
Harris has a great defensive glove but gives all of that up when he consistently whiffs with runners in scoring position, and I guess he thinks its his duty to record the 3rd out in an inning, which I'm sure the stats will show he leads the team in that area. When he gets a solid hit and brings in a few, like he did in the last win (there is a correlation), everyone takes that one instance and mix it with his defensive play, and all is forgotten and forgiven, at least until he goes 4 or 5 games hitless and the cycle goes over and over. In reality Harris helps in winning one game and assists in 4 losses. Put a couple of months of that and that's what we call the present. Bottom line he has a great glove but cannot be depended on to help at all on the offensive side, and to me that is what we called the "Arcia Problem" the past 2 years until finally the club booted Arcia with his .180 average as his defensive skills started disappearing. The other significant difference between Arcia and Harris is the club was paying Arcia peanuts compared to Harris' contract, and that is that. I keep hoping Harris will come in one day (soon I hope) and just start hitting. That happens and that problem goes away. That is the same thing I hoped would happen with Arcia, and with Kelenic, and with Verdugo, and Murphy, and even Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall. Of course the problem didn't go away with any of those which is why some are no longer on the team and others are close to being done. Have you ever seen a small boat out on the water with the rudder stuck, and it just keeps going in circles? Use that to form your own conclusions............about the Braves. Who controls the rudder? The Manager? The General Manager? The ownership group? The team captain (never mind, he's in LA). Someone will have to straighten the rudder so this team can succeed. I hope we identify that someone soon.
Last year I thought Harris just went thru the "Sophomore Slump". Is there a "Junior Slump, too?"
Lindsay ! Thank you for all the information you give . I know it's hard going thought this nightmare start ! You Rock! Go Braves !