When acquired he seemed to command the zone and use the whole field. Videos showed everything you'd want to see in the skills to keep a power hitter from being minimized. It's the power that's always lagged behind for him. We see it for a few games then it's gone again for awhile. Maybe watching pitches he should instead be crushing is a big part of that? I know if he crushes a few grooved fastballs he won't see as many of those catch - up pitches. It's hard to collect walks if they know you won't do anything with strikes.
I'm not done with hoping for him. I think it may be a case of him working so hard on defense at 1b that he didn't put in enough work with hitting. I hope it's temporary anyway.
Zunino's bat is still the most concerning to me but...He's the Wizard of Oz. Everyone says to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. 4 Walks to 25 Strikeouts needs to be paid attention to, guys. Horrifying results.