I feel like the whole team is chasing a lot more than previous years. 3 times a week the other team will have a starter go 6 innings on less than 80 pitches and that just almost never used to happen. I don’t know if that’s an Espada thing, a front office thing, or just a byproduct of having a much shorter lineup than past years but it’s not great.
My guess would be more non productive hitters and the good ones pressing because they don’t trust the ones behind them like they have in the past. Dubon, Pena and Diaz swinging at anything thrown closer than the on deck circle doesn’t help, obviously.