Any reaction to any stat line or basic performance metric this year is, by virtue of the makeup of the season, an overreaction. We all know this, so most of what we see is just untethered events that tell some vague suggestion of a piece of a story. Still, it’s really painful when a team’s superstar, in the Indians’ case Francisco Lindor, is struggling so mightily.
Lindor is striking out more than ever, walking less then he ever has, and his 94 wRC+ is just miserable for a guy who was as much a star for his bat as he was the glove.