Reply to "Q for HS coaches: Are you OK with your batters sometimes sitting low/away with 2 strikes?"

cabbagedadHSBaseballWeb member since 2011

game7 posted:
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If I call time to confer with my batter, and ask him to sit (sell out) low/away, and then he fouls off a pitch two inches below the top of the zone, it tells me he probably didn't sell out low/away.
For me, sell-out means you're toast if you get crossed up.

Not sure why you would want to have a hitter completely sit/sell out on a particular pitch when behind 0--2, 1-2, unless you have a completely one-dimensional hitter. Too many things can happen by working to put the ball in play in HS vs guessing wrong and heading back to the dugout after handing the defense a free out.

Sitting on a FB in a favorite quadrant in a plus count makes sense. A proven 3-4 hole FB power hitter sitting on off-speed in certain circumstances makes sense. Sitting on a particular pitch 0-2, 1-2 does not, IMO. I'm sure you are getting to your POV eventually here.

10/24/191:38 PM

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