The Opposition has found his hole (seemingly the high inside fastball) and he needs to lay off it before he will succeed.

He is King more because they know where he is vulnerable now where those K’s used to be walks before.

Ike Davis and Lucas Duda all went through this when they first came up and Davis went through it again after missing a year of seeing MLB pitching.

You have to expect these rookies to get figured out and have to make an adjustment.
Justin Heyward went through it in June of his ROY season. And then got figured out for almost an entire season last year. He seems to be backl to being himself now and even had a great june hitting .348

We all get worried when we see the Rookies start to have slumps but we do tend to forget that there are some pretty good pitchers in the MLB figuring out how to beat them and once one does the rest quickly follow thier footsteps until such time as the rookie manages to cover the hole that was found.

This is what the problem with Kirk is right now and hopefully the break will give him a chance to recharge his batteries and come back with a clear head!

Lets not forget also that he has not played a full season in awhile due to injuries. Endurance will affect how well you do at the plate just as much as anything.

If you want to make the playoffs, they have to platoon at almost every position. There is no way around it…

Have you seen him lately he can barely walk now….

His knees are so shot I think Duda could beat him in a foot race.

No baseball player can sustain any success when he is in and out of the lineup that much especially a rookie like Kirk.

Kirks K-Rate is taking a toll on Collins but Jason Bays play for the last 3 years havent especially since TC automatically gives Bay a starting spot every time he comes off the DL and still the same results.

Collins is just laying the groundwork so he has minimal backlash for when he decides to plug Bay in the lineup and gum up the works. Mets play totally different when Bay is in that lineup he is a gnikcuf debbie downer.

It happens both ways. And often, guys that have to go back down end up coming back and being excellent players.

Look at Ike’s first season. Came up after a relatively short MiL career, and started hot. 1st 35 games, he had an .866 OPS (though with 32Ks, so almost 1 per game).

then, he cooled off (or league league learned the book?). Next 85 games, OPS of .714 (not that much more than what he is putting up so far this year), with 86ks

But, he rebounded (worked through things? figured it out? whatever the reason) and in his last 27 games, OPS of .942 and only 20Ks.

Just something rookies tend to do.