Marcus Semien continued his slow start to the season, struggling to find consistency at the plate. RJ and Bobby compared his slump to other big-name players like Gunnar Henderson and Yordan Alvarez, who have also fallen short of early expectations. RJ broke down what Semien needs to adjust and discussed whether the Rangers can turn things around.
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00:00oh there are i love looking at again we talked about this earlier other people's misery
00:19opm opm opd other people's drama so marcus simeon is off to an awful start this year
00:26which is somewhat normal for him he does not he's not the hottest starter in general no in fact a
00:32couple years ago he had 43 games without a home run to start the year but he's never been this bad
00:37of a hitter from an average perspective right yeah typically for his career let's see what he hits in
00:42april i would bet for definitely since he's been in texas it's been really low he's probably generally
00:47below 220 in april uh so for his career april is his worst month he hits 239 for his career okay the
00:54other months of the season 269 251 249 258 259 so he's definitely a second half hitter his his
01:01slugging percentage or his ops between first and second half first career is about 70 points higher
01:06so let's make fun of some other players that are off to slow starts all right gunner henderson
01:12now he robbed josh young a rookie of the year we all know that yep robbed him finished fourth
01:18an mvp last year uh he appeared primed for a superstar he debuted on april 4th missed a couple
01:24of games uh with a strained intercostal muscle i hate those intercostal water muscles yep yeah and
01:31the waterways i don't like intercostal waterways either nobody does a nine war last year his strikeout
01:37rate has ballooned to 28 percent his walk rates at five percent both are career worsts uh his whiff rate
01:45on off speed pitches are 50 percent 44 percent against breaking balls compared to sub 30 percent
01:52in both categories last year oh boy gunner that you loser take that