Multiple Series Review: Ryan Wright

Normally I will only review one series per player, or one game per player for a pitcher, but I initially looked at a series for Ryan Wright while in Bakersfield and it wound up only being three games worth, so I also decided to look at another series from him. The two series came months apart, so they are noted below.

Here are the results from the two series:

Date	Team	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	K
12-Jun	DAY	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
13-Jun	DAY	5	2	1	0	0	0	1
14-Jun	DAY	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
14-Aug	BAK	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
15-Aug	BAK	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
16-Aug	BAK	4	1	0	0	0	0	1

Observations

Wright seems to be an aggressive hitter, though he does understand the strikezone. But if you throw the ball inside the strikezone, he will swing. While it is nice to see that he does understand the strikezone, I think he could benefit from being more selective in the zone. There are hitters strikes and pitchers strikes. Wright was a little aggressive on pitchers strikes in even or counts where he was ahead. He likes to inside out the ball, though he can hit the ball hard the other way at times too.

Here is the breakdown of his at bats over the games listed above, in order

Pitch		Type	Location	Result	Play Result	Notes
1	DAY	FB	Middle Low	Takes	Ball
2	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Called K
3	DAY	FB	Middle inside	Swings	GB to SS	Groundout to shortstop
4	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
5	DAY	FB	High Outside	Takes	Ball
6	DAY	FB	Low Inside	Takes	Ball
7	DAY	FB	High Outside	Takes	Ball	Walks. No pitch was close
8	DAY	FB	Middle Middle	Swings	LD to SS	Lines out on diving play by the SS
9	DAY	FB	Middle Low	Takes	Ball
10	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Called K
11	DAY	CV	Middle Middle	Swings	Swing K
12	DAY	CV	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
13	DAY	FB	High Inside	Swings	FB to CF	Lazy fly to center field
14	DAY	FB	Middle High	Swings	Foul
15	DAY	CV	Middle Low	Swings	FB to LF	Bloop single
16	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	FB to RF	Double down the line to the wall
17	DAY	FB	Low Inside	Swings	Swing K
18	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Swings	Swing K
19	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
20	DAY	FB	High Outside	Takes	Ball
21	DAY	FB	Low Middle	Swings	Swing K	Strikeout
22	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
23	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Swings	Foul
24	DAY	CV	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
25	DAY	Camera	Missed the	pitch	Ball
26	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Swings	FB to RF	Fly out just short of the track
27	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Strike
28	DAY	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
29	DAY	FB	Low Inside	Swings	GB to SS	Groundout to shortstop
30	DAY	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	Foul
31	DAY	FB	Low Inside	Swings	PU to 1B	Pop up to first
32	DAY	FB	Middle Middle	Swings	Foul
33	DAY	CV	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
34	DAY	FB	Middle inside	Swings	PU to C	Pop up to the catcher
35	DAY	CV	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
36	DAY	FB	High Inside	Swings	FB to RF	Lazy fly to right field
37	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
38	BAK	FB	Low Inside	Swings	Foul
39	BAK	FB	High Inside	Swings	Foul
40	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Called K	Strikeout
41	BAK	SL	Middle Outside	Takes	Called K
42	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
43	BAK	FB	High Inside	Takes	Ball
44	BAK	FB	High Inside	Swings	Swing K
45	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
46	BAK	FB	Low Inside	Swings	Foul
47	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	Fly out to LF	Deep fly out to left.
48	BAK	CH	Middle Low	Takes	Called K
49	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Swings	Foul
50	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
51	BAK	SL	Middle High	Takes	Ball
52	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
53	BAK	FB	Middle inside	Swings	Line out to RF	Laced it, but at the right fielder.
54	BAK	FB	Middle low	Swings	Foul
55	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
56	BAK	SL	Low Inside	Takes	Called K
57	BAK	SL	Middle Outside	Swings	Foul
58	BAK	SL	Low Inside	Takes	Called K	Strikeout
59	BAK	SL	High Inside	Takes	Ball
60	BAK	FB	High Outside	Swings	FB to RF	Lazy fly to right field
61	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
62	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Swings	Swing K
63	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
64	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
65	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
66	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Swings	LD to RF	Single to shallow RF
67	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
68	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
69	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
70	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
71	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
72	BAK	FB	Middle inside	Swings	GB to 3B	Hard groundout to third base
73	BAK	FB	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
74	BAK	CV	Middle Outside	Swings	GB to SS	Soft Grounder to shortstop
75	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Called K
76	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Ball
77	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	GB to 2B	Hard groundout to second base
78	BAK	FB	High Outside	Takes	Ball
79	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
80	BAK	FB	Middle inside	Swings	LD to LF	Line drive single to left field
81	BAK	FB	Middle Low	Takes	Ball
82	BAK	FB	Middle Low	Swings	Foul
83	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Takes	Ball
84	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	GB to SS	Chopper to shortstop
85	BAK	FB	Middle Low	Swings	GB to SS	Soft Grounder to shortstop
86	BAK	SL	Low Outside	Takes	Called K
87	BAK	FB	High Middle	Swings	Swing K
88	BAK	FB	Middle Outside	Swings	Swing K	Strikeout

Final Notes

Wright didn’t do well in the random sampling I chose, going just 4-25 with a double, walk and 4 strikeouts. He hit the ball hard several times, just right at people. As noted earlier, he is an aggressive in the strikezone hitter. With time and maturity, it could benefit him to be a tad more selective within the zone. In the sampling from Dayton there wasn’t a clear plan of attack on him. With Bakersfield though, the San Jose Giants pitchers were repeatedly going to the slider against Wright and having good success with it. It could be something to keep an eye on moving forward.

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