Yesterday, I pointed out that Nick Johnson might be experiencing some bad luck, as his BABIP is extremely low while his line drive rate is solid. Thanks to Lin, we should also add to this argument the fact that his K% is uncharacteristically high. Johnson’s current K% is 34.3% – the second highest mark in the American League – yet his career K% is 20.9%. Essentially, there is an extreme gulf between his career average and his annual rate in 2010, suggesting that the 2010 mark is an outlier that will correct itself over the upcoming weeks. When you look at his BABIP, line drive rate, and his K% in 2010, bad luck seems to be a tremendous factor for Nick Johnson this season. Hopefully he’ll break through it soon.
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high k% could be a indicator of real deteriation in skills though, then again with the current sample size a week of not whiffing or vice versa would shift the % pretty drastically. there are reasons for concern on Johnson to be frank, though not enough to go panic mode just yet.
From observation his backside collapse very noticablly when he swing, your not going to generate much pop by doing that , or line drives for that matter.