Count 0-0 – Goes up thinking the Pitcher is likely to sneak a fastball by me, I’ll CRUSH IT!
Count 1-0 He Missed last time (or threw me something other than a fastball) I’m looking Fastball again! Lets take a whack!
Count 1-1 He hits a lot here too. He’s not LOOKING to Jack it out here but if he gets the right pitch he can! 1-1 You can usually expect a strike to come, They want to get to 1-2 and rarely try to fool you, maybe just nibble!
Pujols does tend to take pitches more than the average batter after 3-1
Most HR hitters don’t take those pitches!
Thats why Pujols has such a great OBP!

I didn’t say the count made it easier to hit a HR, Just that the Batter is in the position to LOOK for a pitch to pop where he is not in that position the rest of the count!

First Ball Fastball htting is really acting upon the same principles and 2 and 3 and 0!

Your EXPECTING a fastball and can tee off on that!

Cause in all those cases if your wrong it won’t result in a K!

It’s pretty much a FREE swing and as such the Batter can LOOK for it and think lets Jack one out!

Santana, Pelfrey, Niese, Dickey and Gee will be more affected by it then Wright and Bay.

You mean Well hit because it went far?
Or do you mean it as I mean it, got all of the fat part of the bat on the ball, Had a good level swing with only minor Upper cut, Hit the 90 degree (perfect timing) and cleared his hands through the zone easily?

Thats a good hit ball! The proccess of where the bat meets the ball in your swing and at what angle that swing met the ball is what determines fence clearing or not!
All the batter can do!

But those counts are the hitters counts and they expect a fastball there!
Just as your data showed that he hit almost as many on the frst pitch!
Why is that? Because most pitchers start you off with a fastball which is the reason you swing first pitch in the first place! Pitcher wants to get ahead of you and thinks he can sneal one past you while you are taking a pitch. Don’t take it and EXPECT that fastball gong gone goodbye!

Putting good wood on the ball has a lot to do with anticipating what is coming, guess right under ANY count and you will get that good wood. When the count is in your favor it’s a lot easier to anticipate because the Pitcher can’t be too playful, he HAS to throw a strike or risk walking you! Which if you look you will see Pujols does almost as much if not more than the HRs he hits on those counts!

If it is a pitch he anticipates and likes he swings, if it’s not where he wants it he takes it!

Good Hitter!

besides, a lot of people used the park as an excuse for bay sucking.

David really should just be entering his peak years here. If he is physically good (the back) and has his head clear, entirely possible he rebounds to 2007-8 form.

You’ve overstated your point. Albert Pujols is a really good hitter, as almost every baseball fan would agree. In his career, he’s hit 445 homers. Only 77 have come on the counts you mention.
2-1 —- 27
2-0 —- 27
3-1 —- 17
3-0 —- 6
But on the first pitch, he’s hit 60 homers.
On 1-0, he’s hit 57 homers.
On 1-1, he’s hit 66 homers.