February and March were not very good to Elliott Barzilli.
A season after flirting with the .500 mark for much of the opening stretch, Barz looked lost at the plate through most of the first six weeks of the 2017 campaign. He was visibly frustrated at the plate, taking ill-advised swings at early pitches, chasing balls out of the zone, and looking like he just wanted to take his cuts and sit down for long stretches in games. Barz was batting under .200 for most of the Frogs’ first 20+ games, and had drawn only a handful of walks while striking out a team-leading 29 times and grounding into a team-leading four double plays.