Eric Patterson is the SL Hitter of the Week for June 19-25!

[Chris]

.480 avg (12-25), 1 HR, 6 RBI, .481 OBP, .760 SLG, 3 SB

 

Eric is enjoying a 6 game hitting streak and has driven in at least one run in each of the last 4 games. He had 3 3-hit performances in a 4-game span last week.

 

GO ERIC!!!!!!!!

[Post Count Padder]

.480 avg (12-25), 1 HR, 6 RBI, .481 OBP, .760 SLG, 3 SB

 

Eric is enjoying a 6 game hitting streak and has driven in at least one run in each of the last 4 games. He had 3 3-hit performances in a 4-game span last week.

 

GO ERIC!!!!!!!!

Way to go EPatt! The only part of that line that scares me is the .481 obp with a .480 avg. granted, its only one week. What is his line for the season? I could go check BA's stat page but I'm lazy.

[Chris]

For the season: .296 avg, .354 obp, .456 slg.

 

Eric's .296 avg is good for 10th best in the SL.

[Post Count Padder]

For the season: .296 avg, .354 obp, .456 slg.

 

Eric's .296 avg is good for 10th best in the SL.

Not bad, not bad at all.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

For the season: .296 avg, .354 obp, .456 slg.

 

Eric's .296 avg is good for 10th best in the SL.

 

Nice. Very Walker-esque:

 

2005 - 305/355/474

Career - 290/349/438

[otis89]

For the season: .296 avg, .354 obp, .456 slg.

 

Eric's .296 avg is good for 10th best in the SL.

 

Nice. Very Walker-esque:

 

2005 - 305/355/474

Career - 290/349/438

 

Don't worry. Clines will fix him if he gets to Chicago.

[TruffleShuffle]

Damn right he's the player of the week. He should be player of the millenium.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

More EPatt fun. Thru the 23rd....

 

Home: .283/.335/.386/.722

Away: .311/.375/.538/.913

 

v. LHP: 303/.341/.487/.828

v. RHP: .293/.359/.441/.800

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

It looks like he's finally adjusted to AA.

 

Congrats, Eric!

[texascub]

Is pringles park a rather large venue or do the other teams in the SL just have super small ballparks?

[Mephistopheles]

The Southern League is a notorious pitcher's league. Especially in the power department. The Eastern League is similar. Relatively speaking the Texas League is by far the most offensive favorable league at the AA level. But even the TL is not close to the California League or the Mountain parts of the PCL.

 

For the SL, the last three years the park factors have been:

 

0.99 Runs

1.04 Hits

1.13 2B

1.12 HR

0.96 BB

1.09 SO

 

So it's actually a hitters park relative to the league, for the most part. Weird that the runs don't line up with the 10+% over league average in both 2B and HR (usually one is plus and the other minus as the HRs turn into 2Bs and vica versa).

 

It's still early in the season for those splits.

[Chris]

For the record, one of the questions in the interview with Eric was in regards to the contrast between his home and road numbers.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The Southern League is a notorious pitcher's league. Especially in the power department. The Eastern League is similar. Relatively speaking the Texas League is by far the most offensive favorable league at the AA level. But even the TL is not close to the California League or the Mountain parts of the PCL.

 

For the SL, the last three years the park factors have been:

 

0.99 Runs

1.04 Hits

1.13 2B

1.12 HR

0.96 BB

1.09 SO

 

So it's actually a hitters park relative to the league, for the most part. Weird that the runs don't line up with the 10+% over league average in both 2B and HR (usually one is plus and the other minus as the HRs turn into 2Bs and vica versa).

 

It's still early in the season for those splits.

 

You are my favorite poster to start posting here in quite some time.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Southern League is a notorious pitcher's league. Especially in the power department. The Eastern League is similar. Relatively speaking the Texas League is by far the most offensive favorable league at the AA level. But even the TL is not close to the California League or the Mountain parts of the PCL.

 

For the SL, the last three years the park factors have been:

 

0.99 Runs

1.04 Hits

1.13 2B

1.12 HR

0.96 BB

1.09 SO

 

So it's actually a hitters park relative to the league, for the most part. Weird that the runs don't line up with the 10+% over league average in both 2B and HR (usually one is plus and the other minus as the HRs turn into 2Bs and vica versa).

 

It's still early in the season for those splits.

 

You are my favorite poster to start posting here in quite some time.

 

No kidding.

[Brian]

So will be Eric be competing for the 2B job in ST '07?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So will be Eric be competing for the 2B job in ST '07?

 

Hopefully not.

[Mephistopheles]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Anyways, I'd like to see Eric promoted to AAA as soon as possible. He has hit .315/.364/.481 since May 1st, and his K% is about 17.2% over that stretch (I used K/(BB+AB). Which as bad as it sounds, is a bit less than the league level of 20.3%.

 

His EqA for the season, is about .292 for the league. That's pretty damn good for a 2B. He certainly has shown he can hit in AA. The K rate could be better, but it's only one level. It shouldn't kill him. If he hits well in Iowa, why not give him a chance next year?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If he hits well in Iowa, why not give him a chance next year?

 

I was thinking more along the lines of team construction. I'd like to see Pie in CF next year, and if EPatt comes along with him, then you've got Pie and EPatt with unsure production, plus Cedeno who probably will hit like a 7/8 hitter. We also don't have any very good corner OFs, which sets up an awful offense for '07.

 

Of course, if Pie can't hit his way out of a paper bag for the rest of this year and needs some more time in AAA next year, and for some reason the Tigers trade us Guillen or we get Tejada or A-Rod or something, and EPatt continues to rake in AAA, I don't have a problem easing him in next year at the bottom of the order. The problem is the lineup is very weak as is, and breaking in two rookies as well makes it nigh impossible to have a good offense without relying on one or both of them to be great offensively.

[abuck1220]

at this point, i'm not getting my hopes up too high for pie in cf next year. if i had to bet who would put up better big league numbers in '07 b/w pie and epatt, i'd go w/ patterson.

 

that being said, i'd probably try and convince walker to stay on for one more year (giving epatt a year in AAA). move jones to cf, sign carlos lee, and trade the farm (including pie) for abreu. but that's another thread...congrats to eric! :D

[Mephistopheles]

The guys the Cubs have playing 2B next year are Neifi and Neifi. Walker won't be back. If the Cubs don't sign anyone or trade for a 2B, Eric Patterson can surely duplicate what Neifi can next year - or even right now.

 

Obviously Pie is not ready and the Cubs should make sure we don't go into the season looking for him to produce. The Cubs have a lot of holes to fill next season. They can't fill all of them through free agency or trades. There are simply too many. We need 2 or 3 reliable starters. We need a CF, we need a 2B, we need a LF and if Jones gets traded we need a RF. The only way the Cubs contend next season is if a couple of these holes are filled internally and by internally I don't mean Matt Murton. It doesn't have to be 2B, maybe dumping Maddux and putting Wood in the bullpen will allow a rotation of Zambrano, Prior, Marshall, Hill and Guzman for 81 games or whatever the rest of the season. By letting them have a consistent chance in the rotation, we can see if they can help us next season. Obviously we won't win much, but we're not going anywhere. What's the difference between 90 losses and 100 losses? About 5 slots in the draft, which next year could be quite important. Of course, that's a topic for another board.

 

Yeah breaking in Pie and Patterson next season would be tough for offense to stomach, but really the two guys they would be replacing are hitting .248/.293/.312 and .241/.253/.326. We just can't fix all the holes externally. Patterson's probably the best bet to fix one next season offensively. He's got similar power to Murton and much more than Cedeno and like Cedeno he doesn't play arguably the position with the most offense in the league.

[KaiserCesar]

Speakin of AAA second basemen, Mike Fontenot has his line up to .316/.402/.472

 

Why not deal Walker if he isn't going to be brought back and see what he can do.

[mg420]

Speakin of AAA second basemen, Mike Fontenot has his line up to .316/.402/.472

 

Why not deal Walker if he isn't going to be brought back and see what he can do.

 

fontenot = left handed marcus giles?? not a bad option imo.

[Balsa]

Speakin of AAA second basemen, Mike Fontenot has his line up to .316/.402/.472

What about Theriot?

 

.306/.371/.369 on the year. Lack of power, but he's fast. I guess he'll probably just become a bench player or something.

[sporrer17]

With some of the junk on our bench, and some of the very versatile young guys on Iowa, you'd think these moves would be obvious to anyone who knows much about baseball...but then again...our management team doesn't always seem that they actually know much of anything.

 

Fontenot/Theriot>>>>>>Neifi/Womack

 

There...two roster spots are better used after switching those guys.

 

I believe Fontenot has played OF this year as well, and both are young guys with good OBP. AHHH I give up, this would make waaaaaay too much sense.

[Lefty]

If he hits well in Iowa, why not give him a chance next year?

 

I was thinking more along the lines of team construction. I'd like to see Pie in CF next year, and if EPatt comes along with him, then you've got Pie and EPatt with unsure production, plus Cedeno who probably will hit like a 7/8 hitter. We also don't have any very good corner OFs, which sets up an awful offense for '07.

 

 

And that's a problem?