Phillies infielder Bryson Stott has impressed hitting coach Kevin Long with his plate discipline and bat-to-ball skills. “I think he’s got a chance to win a batting title someday,” Long said of Stott prior to Tuesday's game against the Atlanta Braves.
With his go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning Monday night, Bryson Stott became only the second left-handed hitter to take Atlanta Braves lefty A.J. Minter deep in Minter’s six-year major league career.“I think he’s got a chance to win a batting title someday,” Long said Tuesday before the Phillies and Braves continued their three-game series at Citizens Bank Park. “That’s heavy weight for a guy that, well, jeez, he’s hitting below .200. But that’s how much I think of where he’s at.
Start here: Stott doesn’t often swing at pitches out of the strike zone. His 22.9% chase rate puts him in the 80th percentile among hitters, according to Statcast. From June 17 through Monday night, he struck out only nine times in 103 plate appearances, including a 15-game span in which he fanned just once.But Stott also hasn’t had much luck. Entering Tuesday night, his batting average on balls in play was .215 .
“He knows that what he’s done from April to where he is now, he’s kind of let everybody know that, ‘Hey, I’m a major league player, and I can do it up here.’ That’s the cool part.” Stott, a left-handed hitter, actually has better splits against lefties than right-handed pitchers . He could also spell Alec Bohm at third base.
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