Suprising 2nd half stats

[Radar3454]

The most suprising stat for me is that Soriano has 23 walks and the TheRiot leads w/ 26. Not a lot of ab's but Reed, Fontenot and Ronny are better than I expected. I knew Lee was struggling but not this much. Dero is still keeping his great year going. I wish I could say I was suprised at how bad Fukudome is doing but I'm not.

 

NAME          GP  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS 
Reed Johnson  35  97 15 37  8  0  3  54 14  4 22  1  2 .381 .413 .557  .970 
C. Zambrano   10  22  4  8  2  0  3  19  8  0  5  0  0 .364 .364 .864 1.227 
Mike Fontenot 38  72 10 26  8  1  2  42 16  8 15  0  0 .361 .427 .583 1.010 
Ronny Cedeno  32  49  6 16  2  0  1  21  7  3  8  1  0 .327 .365 .429  .794 
A. Soriano    46 195 36 57 14  0 12 107 30 23 45 12  1 .292 .368 .549  .917 
Geovany Soto  45 152 25 44  9  1  5  70 24 17 33  0  0 .289 .363 .461  .823 
Ryan Theriot  50 190 26 55  7  3  0  68 12 26 22  6  4 .289 .378 .358  .736 
Mark DeRosa   50 167 39 48 12  1  9  89 33 24 31  3  0 .287 .378 .533  .910 
A. Ramirez    50 189 28 51 17  0  7  89 37 22 30  1  1 .270 .350 .471  .821 
Henry Blanco  20  41  7 11  3  0  2  20  6  2  6  0  0 .268 .302 .488  .790 
Derrek Lee    49 196 24 52 10  0  3  71 26 23 40  3  0 .265 .341 .362  .703 
Jason Marquis 11  20  4  5  1  0  1   9  2  1  8  0  0 .250 .286 .450  .736 
Jim Edmonds†  32  90 22 21  7  1  7  51 15 21 24  0  0 .233 .384 .567  .951 
K. Fukudome   48 145 16 32  6  1  2  46 18 21 29  3  0 .221 .314 .317  .631 
Ryan Dempster 10  20  1  3  0  0  0   3  0  0  6  0  0 .150 .150 .150  .300 
Daryle Ward   33  34  4  5  0  0  2  11  6  4  9  0  0 .147 .231 .324  .554 

[Mizzou]

I know there are sample size issues, but Lee has a lower OPS than both Ronny Cedeno and Henry Blanco. Let that sink in. Our number three hitter has a lower OPS than our 25th man and our backup catcher. And yet we're still in 1st place. Incredible.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

I know there are sample size issues, but Lee has a lower OPS than both Ronny Cedeno and Henry Blanco. Let that sink in. Our number three hitter has a lower OPS than our 25th man and our backup catcher. And yet we're still in 1st place. Incredible.

 

Close race between Zambrano and Lee to see who hits more 2nd half HR's...

[Little Slide Rooter]

Nothing like a #3 hitter OPSing .703.

[Post Count Padder]

Yeah, Lee's been disappointing.

[SouthSideRyan]

So you're telling me Ronny in fact isn't awful, but instead a damn good backup SS?

 

Guffaw.

[David]

I know there are sample size issues, but Lee has a lower OPS than both Ronny Cedeno and Henry Blanco. Let that sink in. Our number three hitter has a lower OPS than our 25th man and our backup catcher. And yet we're still in 1st place. Incredible.

 

Because batting order doesn't matter.

 

Especially when you've got a lineup full of productive hitters.

[David]

I am really liking Sori's IsoD

[Vanilla Ice]

So you're telling me Ronny in fact isn't awful, but instead a damn good backup SS?

 

Guffaw.

It might be unpopular around here, at this point, but I still believe Ronny would develop into an average-above average starting SS, given the opportunity. However, with Theriot getting on-base at a high-rate, I won't complain.

 

However, if Theriot starts to slump next year, I would not hesitate giving Cedeno regular playing time.

[BigSlick]

I don't want to keep jumping on a dead horse here but I am shocked to see Lee's slugging in the .360's

 

Honestly dude? Where did that power go? He was showing it all in April and it never stayed with him.

[mcgoobs]

At the beginning of the season it would have surprised everyone if it was said that Fukudome would have by far the lowest 2nd half OBP of our regulars.

[Warren Brusstar]

I know there are sample size issues, but Lee has a lower OPS than both Ronny Cedeno and Henry Blanco. Let that sink in. Our number three hitter has a lower OPS than our 25th man and our backup catcher. And yet we're still in 1st place. Incredible.

 

Because batting order doesn't matter.

 

Especially when you've got a lineup full of productive hitters.

 

True. The bigger issue is that our first baseman has a .703 OPS. The Cubs have been winning despite Lee for quite some time.