MLB: What Guerrero Jr. needs to improve to continue being feared

During what was the 2021 season of the Big Suspenders, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. he ran as one of the best hitters in the game, after two previous years where he failed to exceed expectations.

Guerrero Jr. had one of the best offensive seasons in the entire league, with a .311 batting average record, 1.002 OPS, as well as 48 home runs and 111 RBIs.

Outside of this, to think about a next great season, there are several details called for improvement by the Dominican, something normal for a 22-year-old professional baseball player who is just beginning his path in the business.

The main thing for Jr. is his coverage of pitches outside the strike zone, who although in 2021 he only swung at these pitches by 28.3%, being better than the league average at 31.3%, his rate of contacts outside the strike zone was very low.

The mean of MLB he had contacts against pitches outside the strike zone of 62.4%, although Vladimir Guerrero Jr. looked inferior with his 55.8% O-Contact.

This is primarily driven by his low breaking ball hitting, who saw these pitches in 2021 in 216 plate appearances, though he only had a .249 batting average, not to mention his 36.9% swing rate against breaking balls. .

He was equally lousy against off-speed pitches, facing them at 91 PA and a mere .207 batting average, along with an alarming 44.4% swing swing rate.

These results are primarily influenced by how unbreakable he was against break shots down the zone and up to the right. As shown by his strikeout rate and swing swings at different angles of the zone in the charts below:

At 22 years old warrior jr. He has shown an enviable discipline in working on his body, so there is no doubt that he can overcome these challenges.