During the regular season, the offense had a slump. “We’ve got to be better offensively, period, end of story.” — Torey Lovullo, 9 August 2023
The postseason has been a success story. Batters are better than they were in early August.
In postseason games leading up to the NLCS, the Diamondbacks averaged 6 runs per game. That is strong batting against teams that were excellent enough to reach the postseason.
Let’s look at two batting situations and compare them to the average of postseason teams:
- With two strikes the batter is on the edge of two widely different outcomes: either striking out or getting a hit.