Should Gerald Perry Be Fired?

[Derwood]

Who else takes the fall for a team-wide drop in power?

 

Derrek Lee: Career Average-28, 2007-17

Aramis Ramirez: Career-30, 2007-19

Alfonso Soriano: Career-34, 2007-20

Jacque Jones: Career-21, 2007-5

 

sure, there are 25ish games left, but it would be shocking for any of our main power guys reach their career averages (much less their career highs of 46, 38, 46, and 27 respectively)

[BigbadB]

Isn't power down across the entire league?

[BeerHere]

IDK my BFF Jill?

[Mephistopheles]

No.

[Derwood]

No.

 

por que?

[Mephistopheles]

Because it's not his fault.

[Derwood]

Because it's not his fault.

 

is it just coincidence?

[Alfonso Soriano]

IDK my BFF Jill?

IDK my BFF Will?

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[Mephistopheles]

Because it's not his fault.

 

is it just coincidence?

 

Obviously.

[weatherdood]

Everything besides the power numbers are up this year vs. last -- BA, OBP, Runs, BB....Power's down...but some has to be attributed to injury....some has to be attributed to lack of playing time (Jock), and deservedly so...and some has to be attributed to the fact that the wind has blown in this year at an nearly unprecedented rate.

[soccer10k]

Who else takes the fall for a team-wide drop in power?

 

Derrek Lee: Career Average-28, 2007-17

Aramis Ramirez: Career-30, 2007-19

Alfonso Soriano: Career-34, 2007-20

Jacque Jones: Career-21, 2007-5

 

sure, there are 25ish games left, but it would be shocking for any of our main power guys reach their career averages (much less their career highs of 46, 38, 46, and 27 respectively)

 

Lee is gaining his power back. Post ASB he has 11 HR's in 44 games which puts him on pace for 40.5 over 162 games. He's also putting up the second highest OPS of his career.

 

Ramirez's OPS this year (.906) is only down slightly from the last two years (.913, .926) and he's hurt. Yeah, he's not hitting HR's as often as wel would like but he's still just as productive.

 

Soriano was adjusting to a new position in April and that probably affected how he was doing at the plate. He missed time in April and just spent time on the DL. This year is the first since he became a full time starter in 2001 that he'll play fewer than 140 games in a season.

 

Jacque, well, I don't really see an explanation for him.

[rocket]

Everything besides the power numbers are up this year vs. last -- BA, OBP, Runs, BB....Power's down...but some has to be attributed to injury....some has to be attributed to lack of playing time (Jock), and deservedly so...and some has to be attributed to the fact that the wind has blown in this year at an nearly unprecedented rate.

 

maybe. but the cubs have hit significantly more homeruns at home (64 in 71 games) vs. the road (47 in 65 games)

[Derwood]

Because it's not his fault.

 

is it just coincidence?

 

Obviously.

 

so it the trend continues next year, then what? still coincidence?

 

i'm not equating lack of power for bad hitting. as someone else said, various other hitting statistics are up this year. i'm just wondering if Perry's approach has caused the power to go down

[Fred Hornkohl]

Everything besides the power numbers are up this year vs. last -- BA, OBP, Runs, BB....Power's down...but some has to be attributed to injury....some has to be attributed to lack of playing time (Jock), and deservedly so...and some has to be attributed to the fact that the wind has blown in this year at an nearly unprecedented rate.

 

maybe. but the cubs have hit significantly more homeruns at home (64 in 71 games) vs. the road (47 in 65 games)

 

CUBS do most everything better at home..........

 

04/02 - 09/03      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Home             2442  340  656  152   12   64 1024  320  229  465  0.269  0.334  0.419  0.754  0.309
Road             2296  279  616  128   11   47  907  266  184  417  0.268  0.322  0.395  0.717  0.311

totals           4738  619 1272  280   23  111 1931  586  413  882  0.268  0.329  0.408  0.736  0.310

[jyoung55]

Who else takes the fall for a team-wide drop in power?

 

Derrek Lee: Career Average-28, 2007-17

Aramis Ramirez: Career-30, 2007-19

Alfonso Soriano: Career-34, 2007-20

Jacque Jones: Career-21, 2007-5

 

sure, there are 25ish games left, but it would be shocking for any of our main power guys reach their career averages (much less their career highs of 46, 38, 46, and 27 respectively)

 

You hate this team don't you Derwood?

[seanimal]

Just curious.

 

How exactly would a hitting coach teach a hitter to swing less hard? Cause yeah, I don't think that happens. Perhaps he's leveled out some swings here and there, but I don't really see how that takes away anyone's power.

[weatherdood]

Everything besides the power numbers are up this year vs. last -- BA, OBP, Runs, BB....Power's down...but some has to be attributed to injury....some has to be attributed to lack of playing time (Jock), and deservedly so...and some has to be attributed to the fact that the wind has blown in this year at an nearly unprecedented rate.

 

maybe. but the cubs have hit significantly more homeruns at home (64 in 71 games) vs. the road (47 in 65 games)

 

Understand that...that was just one of the reasons I gave...and my position is that power isn't everything.

[Derwood]

Just curious.

 

How exactly would a hitting coach teach a hitter to swing less hard? Cause yeah, I don't think that happens. Perhaps he's leveled out some swings here and there, but I don't really see how that takes away anyone's power.

 

hitting home runs isn't about how hard you swing

[seanimal]

Just curious.

 

How exactly would a hitting coach teach a hitter to swing less hard? Cause yeah, I don't think that happens. Perhaps he's leveled out some swings here and there, but I don't really see how that takes away anyone's power.

 

hitting home runs isn't about how hard you swing

 

Not entirely, but to blanket-statement like that is, I dunno, makes no sense. How hard you swing has a lot to do with how far you can hit the ball. That's pretty obvious. Certainly, the angle of the ball off the bat and the speed at which it is thrown come into play and factor highly in the outcome of a batted ball, but if you don't put enough momentum into the swing then you're not going to hit it very far.

[Derwood]

Just curious.

 

How exactly would a hitting coach teach a hitter to swing less hard? Cause yeah, I don't think that happens. Perhaps he's leveled out some swings here and there, but I don't really see how that takes away anyone's power.

 

hitting home runs isn't about how hard you swing

 

Not entirely, but to blanket-statement like that is, I dunno, makes no sense. How hard you swing has a lot to do with how far you can hit the ball. That's pretty obvious. Certainly, the angle of the ball off the bat and the speed at which it is thrown come into play and factor highly in the outcome of a batted ball, but if you don't put enough momentum into the swing then you're not going to hit it very far.

 

i wish i had access to STATS Inc., as i'm curious to know if the % of balls popped up is higher this year than in years past (for the Cubs). seems like Lee and (especially) Ramirez are hitting a ton of pop ups to the infielders

[haltz]

i wish i had access to STATS Inc., as i'm curious to know if the % of balls popped up is higher this year than in years past (for the Cubs). seems like Lee and (especially) Ramirez are hitting a ton of pop ups to the infielders

Fangraphs has IFFB. Lee is higher than last year but Ramirez is lower. Both are below their career rates.

[CubFanPhilly]

Tom Skilling and/or localized effects of global warming.

Then Rawlings/MLB.

Then Gerald Perry.

 

Or maybe it's just a crappy year for Jacque and Cliff and injuries to Soriano/Lee/Ramirez?

[Pushfrog98]

I'm sticking to my guns and saying that it is the more strict testing for amphetamines. The whole league is feeling the effect of it, but who plays the most day games (when the amphetamines are most useful)?

[jersey cubs fan]

Firing Perry would just give a free pass to the guilty party, Hendry, who has failed miserably at putting together a solid lineup for 5 years now. The team has consistently been bottom half in OBP and runs scored correlates with OBP, which is why they've consistently been bottom half in runs scored (with 2004's measly 7th ranking being the lone exception).

 

Jim doesn't get it, and that's why the offense consistently fails, and why the team doesn't win enough.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Rather than blame the lack of offense on Gerald Perry, I'd pefer to blame it on a lack of talent