SAN FRANCISCO — Ever since he can remember, LaMonte Wade Jr. has had an innate ability to track the baseball.
That has manifested this season in the best year of his career. Heading into Friday, he was one of four players in the majors to get on base at a 40% clip or better and saw more pitches, on average, every time he stepped to the plate than all but nine players in the National League.
In the rare instance he is called out on strikes, manager Gabe Kapler said, “I believe LaMonte deserves the benefit of the doubt because of how good he’s been at making swing decisions. … It’s not passiveness; it’s controlled aggression.”
