Back in mid-July when I first wrote about Chas McCormick the focus was on his offensive contributions. After all, back then Myles Straw was still on the Houston Astros and McCormick was the fourth outfielder that had shown remarkable power with 10 home runs in his first 140 major-league at-bats.
I spent most of that article wondering whether pitchers would adjust and throw McCormick less fastballs (they haven’t), since he was hitting them out of the park. Despite his Sunday blast that put the Astros ahead for good, McCormick’s long ball rate has slowed from one every 14 at-bats at the time of that article to now one every 20.