Colin Walsh is having an interesting season. Just one player in baseball is swinging less often than he is (min. 60 PA). He is swinging at less than half of the pitches he sees in the strike zone, and just under one-third of the pitches, he sees overall.
On its own, this is not a negative. In fact, two players with comparable numbers in those areas, Joe Mauer, and Brett Gardner, have both been above-average offensively this season.
The problem is Colin’s other numbers. He’s striking out over 35% of the time, hitting .