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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1763751" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-edman-reclaims-cardinals-leadoff-spot-via-more-walks-and-more-production/article_819fc727-2727-5eed-bb0e-979e98c8b8fb.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>The Cardinals scored 18 runs in their previous two games before they met the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday night. Leadoff man Tommy Edman scored six of them, three in each game.</p><p>Yes, that’s leadoff man Tommy Edman, and manager Oliver Marmol said he didn’t see any reason why that should change anytime soon.</p><p>One of the raps on Edman last season was that he walked just 38 times in 641 at-bats. This season, he had almost a quarter that many (nine) in only 62 at-bats and his on-base percentage was .425, compared to his .308 of last season.</p><p>Another critique was that Edman didn’t hit with production against right-handed pitching. Much of his spring training was conducted in the lab, as it were, as Edman tried to adjust his approach so that he could handle the high fastball from right-handers.</p><p></p><p>In his first 18 games this season, the switch-hitting Edman, who has replaced Dylan Carlson at the top, not only had a .456 on-base percentage while batting left-handed but a .934 OPS and two of his three homers.</p><p>“He is walking at a higher rate,” said Marmol, “and not just putting balls in play that are on the edges (of the plate). He’s actually waiting for pitches he can do something with.</p><p>“If he continues to do that, I don’t see any reason for changing it at the moment.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1763751, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-edman-reclaims-cardinals-leadoff-spot-via-more-walks-and-more-production/article_819fc727-2727-5eed-bb0e-979e98c8b8fb.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] The Cardinals scored 18 runs in their previous two games before they met the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday night. Leadoff man Tommy Edman scored six of them, three in each game. Yes, that’s leadoff man Tommy Edman, and manager Oliver Marmol said he didn’t see any reason why that should change anytime soon. One of the raps on Edman last season was that he walked just 38 times in 641 at-bats. This season, he had almost a quarter that many (nine) in only 62 at-bats and his on-base percentage was .425, compared to his .308 of last season. Another critique was that Edman didn’t hit with production against right-handed pitching. Much of his spring training was conducted in the lab, as it were, as Edman tried to adjust his approach so that he could handle the high fastball from right-handers. In his first 18 games this season, the switch-hitting Edman, who has replaced Dylan Carlson at the top, not only had a .456 on-base percentage while batting left-handed but a .934 OPS and two of his three homers. “He is walking at a higher rate,” said Marmol, “and not just putting balls in play that are on the edges (of the plate). He’s actually waiting for pitches he can do something with. “If he continues to do that, I don’t see any reason for changing it at the moment.” [/QUOTE]
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