June Splits

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I did it for may, and now it's time for June's numbers. First the hitters:

 

Player     AB       Slash Line
Ramirez   102   .265/.330/.461/.791
D Lee      99   .283/.371/.404/.775 
Theriot    94   .309/.369/.340/.709
Soto       88   .250/.327/.420/.747
Fukudome   87   .264/.387/.402/.789
DeRosa     86   .279/.374/.465/.839
Edmonds    72   .319/.419/.667/1.085
Cedeno     42   .214/.267/.238/.505
Fontenot   40   .250/.286/.500/.786
Soriano    39   .256/.318/.538/.857
Patterson  30   .300/.389/.433/.822
Johnson    29   .310/.323/.517/.840
Blanco     25   .240/.269/.240/.509
Hoffpauir  20   .350/.381/.500/.881
Murton     17   .294/.333/.412/.745

 

And the pitchers:

 

Player     IP    ERA   WHIP   K/BB
Lilly     41.2   3.02  1.15  39/17
Dempster  29.2   4.55  1.35   23/8
Marquis   29.1   4.91  1.30  12/12
Gallagher 27.2   4.23  1.37  30/10
Zambrano  25.1   5.68  1.78  13/12
Marshall  11.2   5.40  1.20   12/2
Lieber    11.0   1.64  1.18    6/2
Wood      11.0   0.82  0.91   19/3
Marmol    11.0   7.36  1.27   12/9
Howry     10.0   4.50  1.30    8/1
Cotts      9.0   4.00  1.56   11/5
Wuertz     8.8   2.08  2.08    7/5
Eyre       6.2   8.10  1.95    8/3

[Schwarber Fan]

Bad month for a lot of guys, especially Marmol towards the end there

 

Jim freakin Edmonds

Jim freakin Hendry

 

I can't believe it worked

[TruffleShuffle]

so fontenot has performed adequately and cedeno has gone in the toilet? i would never have guessed that from the comments during games.

[Derwood]

Zambrano was worse than Marquis. hilarious

[rocket]

wow. i wonder what aramis' numbers would have looked like without that sox series in wrigley. i was assuming he dominated the whole month.

[Mizzou]

Jim Edmonds, wow.

 

Ronny Cedeno, ouch.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

wow. i wonder what aramis' numbers would have looked like without that sox series in wrigley. i was assuming he dominated the whole month.

 

.303/.373/.528/.901 without this past weekend.

[UMFan83]

So most of our pitchers and hitters sucked, yet we went 15-12 in the month? I like it

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So most of our pitchers and hitters sucked, yet we went 15-12 in the month? I like it

 

None of the hitters were really great, but none of them(Cedeno's limited time excepted) were terrible. The team hit .279/.352/.432/.784 for the month. Pitching wise, the team had a 201/96 K/BB in just under 300 IP. That's pretty stellar for the entirety of a staff.

[rocket]

wow. i wonder what aramis' numbers would have looked like without that sox series in wrigley. i was assuming he dominated the whole month.

 

.303/.373/.528/.901 without this past weekend.

 

i meant the other way, what his numbers would have looked like without his tremendous 3 game series in wrigley against the sox.

[CubColtPacer]

wow. i wonder what aramis' numbers would have looked like without that sox series in wrigley. i was assuming he dominated the whole month.

 

.303/.373/.528/.901 without this past weekend.

 

He wanted it without the series at Wrigley, not the series at the Cell.

 

It looks like it was .236/.306/.315. Ouch.

 

3 small stretches really killed him. 1 at the beginning of the month where he was 0 for 13, one in the middle of the month where he was 1 for 12, and finishing the month on an 0 for 14. He was incredibly streaky all month long.

[RynoRules]

Not a horrendous month. Not a good one either. 15-12 looks about right with those splits. Soriano and Z probably would have been good for one more win each.

[CubColtPacer]

I think it just goes to show you how incredibly balanced the lineup is. There isn't a single player above a .900 OPS in our lineup.

 

Compare that to the other top 5 offenses:

 

Texas: 1 above 1.000, 2 above .900

Boston: 2 above .900

Philadelpia: 2 above .900

White Sox: 2 above 900

 

The Cubs are still a top offense even without that superstar offensive player because of their balance. Even their worst offensive starter has a .392 OBP right now. There are no parts of the lineup you fear, but there's nobody that you can really say is an easy out or a hole either. When Soriano comes back, you'll have a lineup with 7 guys above .800 (I'm counting the platoon as being above .800, which I think is appropriate right now considering the numbers of Edmonds against right-handers, his numbers with the Cubs, and Johnson's numbers against left-handers), and 1 guy above .750 with a great OBP.

 

Then when you go down to the bench, the top 3 are all above average for their roles (Ward, Fontenot, Johnson/Edmonds), Cedeno is a better hitter than a lot of defensive middle infielders around the league, and Blanco is pretty decent at hitting when compared to other backup catchers in the league. There's not a single spot in the lineup or bench where you can point and say "He's below league average for his role on the team". That's a rare treat.

[10man]

Bad month for a lot of guys, especially Marmol towards the end there

 

Jim freakin Edmonds

Jim freakin Hendry

 

I can't believe it worked

Not that big a shock really. As badly as he was doing, there was nowhere to go but up.