Is Derrek Lee's power gone forever?

[Mephistopheles]

This is the perfect time for this thread!

 

A lot of hitters struggle to regain power after wrist injuries. Is it possible that Lee's power has been zapped, similar to Nomar's?

[BigbadB]

NO!

[BCVM22]

He was hitting for power after he returned for good last season, he was hitting for power in the spring. If the wrist injury was still affecting him, how would those be the case?

[rocket]

He was hitting for power after he returned for good last season, he was hitting for power in the spring. If the wrist injury was still affecting him, how would those be the case?

 

2 small sample sizes vs. 1 large sample size?

[Mephistopheles]

He was hitting for power after he returned for good last season, he was hitting for power in the spring. If the wrist injury was still affecting him, how would those be the case?

 

2 small sample sizes vs. 1 large sample size?

and arizona...

[Lockes Eye Scar]

If you take away his career year, Lee never slugged more than .508 in a full season. He's in the .480s now. It's really not that abnormal

[Sarcastic]

If you take away his career year, Lee never slugged more than .508 in a full season. He's in the .480s now. It's really not that abnormal

 

But when he slugged .500 he didn't do it by batting .330.

[Elias]

I doubt he'll have another season where he hits 46 homers, but I think he could get back to around 30 in another year or two.

[Lockes Eye Scar]

If you take away his career year, Lee never slugged more than .508 in a full season. He's in the .480s now. It's really not that abnormal

 

But when he slugged .500 he didn't do it by batting .330.

 

Touché

[BCVM22]

It just seems to me that if his wrist were the problem, he wouldn't have had any power late last season or in the spring. I'm certainly not saying that's absolutely not the case, though.

[Mephistopheles]

If you take away his career year, Lee never slugged more than .508 in a full season. He's in the .480s now. It's really not that abnormal

 

slugging =/= power

[radarluv1]

so what does = power? IsoP? isnt he still on a crazy pace for doubles.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

so what does = power? IsoP? isnt he still on a crazy pace for doubles.

 

Yes to the former, no to the latter.

[Ender]

ISO - 226, 193, 224, 237, 226, 327

 

Injury

 

189 last year

152 this year

 

The power was down some last year its down more this year.

 

His FB% is little bit low but the biggest dip is in his HR/FB which is at 6.2%. To put that in perspective he's hitting HR's the same percentage of the time he gets the ball in the air as players like Tadahito Iguchi, Mark Ellis, Julio Lugo, Cano, Lo Duca etc.

 

The fact he has put up the amount of value he has while hitting with such a low ISO is a testament to just how good a player he is.

[TheDude]

Over the course of a season numbers have a way of regressing to the mean by the end. I think D. Lee will hit ~18 HRs in the last 2.5 months, finishing around the mid-20s. That's clearly a drop-off from 2005, but not unusual in his age bell curve or for someone coming off injury.

[Sosa21MVP]

Is it possible that Lee's power has been zapped, similar to Nomar's?

 

Hopefully the last 8 games provides hope that DLee can get that power back. Seeing him go yard to the opposite field today is certainly encouraging.

[CubmanPi]

Is it possible that Lee's power has been zapped, similar to Nomar's?

 

Hopefully the last 8 games provides hope that DLee can get that power back. Seeing him go yard to the opposite field today is certainly encouraging.

His GS against the White Sox was the other way, and of his relatively few HRs this year, I'm almost positive at least 3 or 4 have gone to right.

 

I remember there being a chart to show who has hit HRs to which part of the field and how far, but I didn't bookmark the page or the thread. I'm pretty sure it will show his relatively small number of HRs relatively evenly split between LF and RF.

[Peoriaman]

apparently not.