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Originally Posted by tursillo2011
He's focusing more on hitting it seems and pitchers are paying way more attention to him so he just has to pick his spots a lot more carefully. He's 10/10 this year so he's just playing it smart plus he's well on pace to set a career high in home runs so that's perfectly fine with me
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thanks. im not a huge baseball guy, so i wasnt so sure. i see that guys like ben revere and jose altuve and ellsbury gets steals on a year-by-year basis, so i was just wondering. guess you have less opportunities to steal a base when you hit HRs and round them all
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Originally Posted by jmscoggin
Comes down to two things. First, Pujols doesn't like him stealing. That has been covered many times. The movement in the background throws off his hitting. Second, Trout has said that he prefers hitting hr's. He was asked if he would rather hit 40 hr's or steal 60 bags and he answered "40 hr's and it isn't close". Ladies love the long ball, stealing bases not so much.
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oh that pujols thing actually makes a lot of sense. (as does the ladies comment, of course)