John Schneider

But if you're trying to stack hit after hit after hit after hit against really good pitching every night, it just gets tough and it's inconsistent.

So that's kind of the spot we've put ourselves in and are confident that the guys are going to turn it around, but even more confident in the staff to have the plan to give to them.

For me, it still holds a ton of value.

I think batting average means you're getting hits against good pitchers.

I know in the industry, it's probably shifted a little bit more to on-base and probably some slug, but you have to be diverse.

You have to have guys that can hit.

You're not going to go up there and just draw a walk against good pitchers.

You're not going to go up there and just...

get three mistakes in an at-bat versus good pitchers, right?

So you've got to be able to move the ball forward.

You have to be able to generate some bat speed and make your own luck a little bit here, too.

So I value it.

I'd be lying if I said I value it out of more people than others.

You know what I mean?

You try to say, okay...

we want to put you in this bucket of, okay, maybe a little bit more room for error, more slug, lower average.

And then there's some guys that are high contact, low chase.

All right, let's go high batting average balls in play, right?

So I think it's important for me, and it's especially important for me with runners in scoring positions.

Yeah, confidence is always high, right?