Murakami's Battle With Low Sliders
We consider how Murakami is handling MLB pitchers' low-slider attack so far.
MLB pitchers often attack LHH Murakami with diagonal low sliders.
His 32.1% K rate against this pattern is high, with room to improve.
However, he takes many of these pitches — his plate discipline works, evidenced by a 19.3% BB rate.
Learning to better recognize in-zone low sliders should boost his AVG and OPS further.