No, that's not surprising at all. Yuni swings at everything, and hits it weakly. Rickie works the count, which is why he walks and K's more. Yuni has had 22 full counts this season, Rickie has had 75. You're saying "Rickie is just as bad a hitter as Yuni, if we discount one of the best things that Rickie does" Here, let me take your simple argument and make my own, Yuni is just as good a hitter as Braun, he has more HR's and the same number of RBI's as him.