At the Winter Meetings, David Laurila at FanGraphs spoke to Clint Hurdle and Hurdle’s got some interesting things to say about Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez, Neil Walker, Jose Tabata, and how the hitters and coaches prepare for opponents. It’s worth reading enough that I’ll only snark on his comment about Neil Walker being an RBI hunter this one time.
But seriously, read it all. For as much crap as Hurdle gets from guys like me, it’s apparent from this article that he knows quite a bit about hitting and has put a lot of thought into how his young players approach their at-bats, even if the club’s young offense didn’t bear much fruit in 2011.
