I'm sick of Matt Diaz and his damn BABIP year after year

[badnews]

It's time for the fairy tale to end! I have grown weary of this charade!

[sneakypower]

what about Matt Kemp and BJ Upton?

[mcgoobs]

This year he's has a 26% LD rate so far this year, so it's not that out of line for Diaz to have a high BABIP.

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm mostly tired of how he pronounces his last name.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

A .373 BABIP and he can't crack a .700 OPS. You almost have to try to do that.

[imb]

is it die-az or dee-az?

[javy knows my name]

is it die-az or dee-az?

The former. And if you ask me, he doesn't deserve the recognition of the goofy pronunciation.

[chuckywang]

This year he's has a 26% LD rate so far this year, so it's not that out of line for Diaz to have a high BABIP.

 

What about last year? He had a significantly lower LD%, but a higher BABIP.

[mcgoobs]

This year he's has a 26% LD rate so far this year, so it's not that out of line for Diaz to have a high BABIP.

 

What about last year? He had a significantly lower LD%, but a higher BABIP.

 

The general rule of thumb is a player's BABIP will be something around his LD rate + .120. There is some variability around what that .120 will be for a given player in a given year, and what a player's LD rate is throughout a year (Diaz's has already fallen to 24%) and year-to-year.

[sneakypower]

matt diaz, carl crawford, josh hamilton, delmon young, joey gathright, rocco baldelli, desmond jennings, jonny gomes. that's quite an OF factory they have running in tampa.