It is accurate only for an instant. We're better hitters than we've shown. The virtue of the long season is that it allows the bad weeks to blend with the better ones. The problem with a slow start is that it promotes panic. Seasoned veterans recognize there will be droughts as well as downpours in the course of a campaign.
Younger players are prone to imagine each at-bat as the end of the world.
They're not trying to prove anything. They're still young. They're trying to prove something. With Ken Griffey Jr. available only to pinch hit, Ken Griffey Sr. suspects some of the Reds' younger players are trying to pick up a disproportionate share of the slack. I'm an aggressive hitter.