Good Eye or Bad Eye- A Look at the St. Louis Cardinal Infielders
Today we will take a gander at the Cardinal infielders and how well or poorly they see certain pitches that were thrown to them in 2013.
Yadier Molina
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not? | Swing/Whiff percentage | |
| Fastballs | 1,324 | Good | 80% | 39% | Exceptionally aggressive | 13% average |
| Breaking Pitches | 623 | average | 66% | 35% | steady | 21% low |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 217 | Poor | 73% | 42% | steady | 16% low |
Analysis: Molina has some issues with swinging at the off-speed stuff but he doesn’t strike out much on that pitch.
Jhonny Peralta
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not? | Swing/Whiff percentage | ||||||||
| Fastballs | 1,160 | Very Good | 77% | 28% | aggressive | 19% average | |||||||
| Breaking Pitches | 526 | good | 63% | 29% | steady | 32% average | |||||||
| Off-Speed Stuff | 180 | Good | 78% | 36% | steady | 44% high |
Analysis: Peralta has a good eye and swings at the pitches that are strikes except when it comes to the off-speed stuff and he has a very high whiff rate.
Matt Adams
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 963 | average | 66% | 27% | steady | 18% average |
| Breaking Pitches | 400 | Exceptionally poor | 53% | 43% | steady | 38% above average |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 217 | poor | 75% | 47% | steady | 35% average |
Analysis: If it isn’t a fastball, then Adams has problems hitting it. He strikes out too much on the breaking pitches.
KoltenWong
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 157 | good | 79% | 34% | Exceptionally aggressive | 11% below average to strikeout |
| Breaking Pitches | 66 | Very good | 59% | 20% | Very patient | 32% average |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 28 | Exceptionally poor | 67% | 47% | steady | 40% above average to strikeout |
Analysis: Kolten hits the fastball well but struggles mightily with the off-speed pitches.
Mark Ellis
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 1,501 | poor | 59% | 27% | patient | 11% below average to strikeout |
| Breaking Pitches | 512 | poor | 56% | 34%% | steady | 29% average |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 180 | poor | 71% | 42% | steady | 14% low chance to strikeout |
Analysis: Ellis has some issues at the plate by swinging at too many pitches but doesn’t strikeout out much.
Daniel Descalso
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 802 | good | 68% | 24% | steady | 13% average |
| Breaking Pitches | 373 | average | 68% | 44% | Very aggressive | 30% average |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 163 | Exceptionally poor | 65% | 44% | steady | 23% below average to strikeout |
Analysis: Very steady with the swing rate and doesn’t strikeout much.
Matt Carpenter
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 2,171 | average | 57% | 19% | Exceptionally patient | 9% low |
| Breaking Pitches | 746 | average | 53% | 29% | patient | 22% low |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 279 | poor | 68% | 37% | patient | 19% low |
Analysis: Just a great approach at the plate with low strikeout rates.
Pete Kozma
| Pitches Seen | Good Eye of Bad Eye | Swing at Strikes | Swing at Balls | Aggressive or Not | Swing/Whiff Percentage | |
| Fastballs | 1,102 | Average | 67% | 31% | steady | 13% average |
| Breaking Pitches | 408 | Exceptionally good | 65% | 23% | patient | 30% average |
| Off-Speed Stuff | 175 | Exceptionally good | 84% | 27% | steady | 34% average |
Analysis: Good Eye and decent hitter just has no power and an average strikeout rate.