When the season started, Kosuke Fukudome was very impressive in a few ways. Very good range in the outfield, an outstanding throwing arm, and unbreakable plate discipline. Then things changed on that last point, and he struggled.
His struggles seemed, to me at least, to get worse when George Sherrill buzzed him (see here). Pitchers took advantage of him with fastballs inside and breaking pitches outside. If his plate discipline is any indication (and it has looked as much in the past; see the link for a July article on this topic, here's part one), he may be recovering his differentiating offensive skill.
Sample sizes - September is young, and Kosuke has been riding the pine lately.
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Again, small sample size, but so far, so good in September. But he's likely to regress towards the past few months' numbers.
If I had to bet on it, I'd say the Autumn version of Kosuke Fukudome is going to be more like the Summer version than the Spring version. But I'm no Tom Skilling.
I'm interested on changes in more specific zones (in/out/up/down), so I may have more on this later.
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