Watching Mark Teixeira bat right handed this season has been
frustrating at times and other times painful to watch. He almost looks awkward
batting from the right side these days and has been seemingly drained of all
his power from that side. Should the Yankees and Teixeira consider scrapping
the right handed swing in 2015 and focus on left handed swings only?
Teixeira has a bad batting average from either side of the
plate in the last two seasons but let’s look at the last five seasons to see if
the stats back up my theory.
LH BA 2014: .224
RH BA 2014: .215
LH BA 2013: .278
RH BA 2013: .086 (granted in an injury riddled season and small sample size)
LH BA 2012: .269
RH BA 2012: .239
LH BA 2011: .302
RH BA 2011: .223
LH BA 2010: .278
RH BA 2010: .247
In a word, yes. Please stop switch hitting.
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