What’s Wrong With San Francisco Giants’ Fred Lewis?

Fred Lewis' first full season with the Giants began on May 10th, 2007 in Colorado. In his third game of the year, he went 5-6, hit for the cycle, and drove in 4 runs in a 15-2 victory, and he was only 26 at the time.

While not a perfect player, he showed promise, good power, and well above-average speed.  In total, Lewis hit .287 with 3 HR and 19 RBI in 58 games in 2007. His on base percentage was .374, and he allowed expectations to rise. Also, Lewis struck out 32 times in 157 at-bats which equals a strikeout 20.4% of the time he came to the plate.

In 2008, Lewis maintained a respectable batting average at .282, and he hit 9 HR with 40 RBI. His .351 OBP was a drop from the year before but still not too bad. The problem, however, was his 124 strikeouts in 468 at-bats ...

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