Mets Jeff McNeil wins NL Batting Title!

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by G1911

An impressive recovery from last season too. Not many .300 hitters this year.

Very impressive. He had a big power year, then tried to duplicate it in 2020 and it backfired. He went back to his choke-up/slap-hitting ways and now he has a batting title.

[nat]

Both batting titles went to slap hitters this year. Luis Arraez won the AL title while hitting all of 8 home runs.

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Originally Posted by nat

Both batting titles went to slap hitters this year. Luis Arraez won the AL title while hitting all of 8 home runs.

Yep, I love it! McNeil had 9 home runs. I was watching an interview and he always chokes up on that knobless bat, but he had to separate his hands a bit while he recovered from a finger injury, so the announcers were talking about him looking like Willie Keeler. Any time a Willie Keeler reference is brought up to compare a modern day player then they are doing it right.

Here is his standard grip:

[mrreality68]

agree he is a very good small ball player/hitter. He is less valuable when he is going for long ball.
As long as they use him right like they have all year then his is great for his role. Now he is a batting Champ.

[JollyElm]

lfgm!!!!!!

(This is really weird, but it wouldn't let me put it in all caps. WTF??) (Wait, but it lets me put "WTF" in all caps???? Strange days, indeed.)

[BobbyStrawberry]

I'm happy for the Flying Squirrel. Apparently he is an excellent golfer in his non-baseball time.

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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I'm happy for the Flying Squirrel. Apparently he is an excellent golfer in his non-baseball time.

Good point, I forgot the best part about McNeil, he has an amazing nickname! Not more lazy stuff like A-rod, it’s the Flying Squirrel!