Dodgers: Comparing Gavin Lux with Ghosts of Playoffs’ Past

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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 08: Mike Yastrzemski #5 of the San Francisco Giants is out at second as Gavin Lux #48 of the Los Angeles Dodgers fields the ball hit by Jaylin Davis #49 of the San Francisco Giants but is unable to make the out at first in the first inning of the game at Dodger Stadium on September 8, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

The Answer-

Easier said than done but: relax. You’re here big fella. There’s no more need to take thirty pitches every at-bat so Andrew Friedman knows that you’re ‘MLB ready.’

Swing that bat. In Triple-A Oklahoma this year Gavin Lux was an absolute monster. Forgive me for saying but monsters are feared. Timidness, cautiousness, and passivity are not feared.

He’s proven he can hit at an elite level. He’s also proven he can take pitches with the best of them. But when a hitter is hitting in the #7 spot of the lineup opportunities present themselves that force a hitter to be more aggressive because that’s what needs to be done.

More than anything, knowing how great Gavin Lux can (and will) be, paired with watching him go down looking, is one of the more frustrating things I’ve watched as a fan of baseball in recent memory.

It’s like climbing into a Lamborghini without tires or a fighter jet without wings. I just want him to swing. Trusting yourself in the box is as important as your eye. It feels like Lux doesn’t trust his swing. But I certainly do.

For players as young with as much talent and bat-speed as Lux there’s an adage in baseball: “just see it and hit it.” I couldn’t think of a better suggestion. Let those hands fly, trust the work you’ve put in, and just see it and hit it.

Lux is entirely too talented to let the opportunity of a lifetime simply pass him by like a called-third strike. He is ready now.

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The change will come and it’ll come very soon.

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Players don’t just float up to the bigs in two years out of high school without remaining coachable.

If the coaches see the same thing I do (I’m confident they will) he’ll be back to being the monster we’ve seen before, and with haste.

In sum, of the 2018 second-base troupe versus Gavin Lux, simply put, Lux is the better option at second for this season’s playoff run.

His ‘hard-hit rate’ trumps the 2018 leader by nearly 10 points and his batting average is currently 5 points higher than the Dodgers’ best option at second base last year.

With a far better ‘hard-hit rate’ and a better batting average than last year’s platoon, Gavin Lux’s 1st round MLB Draft pedigree, his lightning-quick ascension through the ranks, his advanced approach and a discerning eye seldom seen from a 21 year old, all wrapped up in a shiny, polished MLB-vet demeanor, the kid deserves to see the NLDS.

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And he’s easily our best option. Now that September has finally come and gone it is our only option to excitedly sit back, relax, and enjoy the Postseason ride.

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