Free Tyler Colvin!

[fiver]

Just curious, what is Colvin's LD% this spring? Last year in the minors?

 

I don't know where you could find it in the spring, or if it's even possible given the lack of detailed PBP. Last year it was 17.7%, 20.5% at Daytona and 16.8% at Tennessee.

Yeah, I don't know of any place that keeps track of spring PBP trajectory (although I might be able to find something with the raw data). I'm just curious if his LD% was increasing or if he's getting a bunch of seeing-eye grounders. I'm sure with a near .600 BABIP, he's getting more than his fair share, but if his LD% was sitting really high this string, then I have at least a sliver of hope he'll be productive at the plate this year.

 

i've been trying to find LD% for the spring as well unsucessfully. His performance, obviously, isn't sustainable because of the babip, but if he's hitting the ball harder, then there is still some hope that he could be serviceable. He's going to see a lot of pitches thrown out of the strike zone though I would think...

[MWV]

GO/AO of 3.00, coupled with a .600 babip, suggests to me that some grounders are finding holes.

[C.C.]

Another hit today and another rbi. So far...

[pitchcs]

It's hard to make a joke to a bunch of people with sticks up their asses. Seriously people, you need to loosen up.

 

 

If someone is going to the trouble to make a "joke account" then they have far more serious problems than just bad jokes.

[chopsx9]

Just curious, what is Colvin's LD% this spring? Last year in the minors?

 

I don't know where you could find it in the spring, or if it's even possible given the lack of detailed PBP. Last year it was 17.7%, 20.5% at Daytona and 16.8% at Tennessee.

Yeah, I don't know of any place that keeps track of spring PBP trajectory (although I might be able to find something with the raw data). I'm just curious if his LD% was increasing or if he's getting a bunch of seeing-eye grounders. I'm sure with a near .600 BABIP, he's getting more than his fair share, but if his LD% was sitting really high this string, then I have at least a sliver of hope he'll be productive at the plate this year.

 

i've been trying to find LD% for the spring as well unsucessfully. His performance, obviously, isn't sustainable because of the babip, but if he's hitting the ball harder, then there is still some hope that he could be serviceable. He's going to see a lot of pitches thrown out of the strike zone though I would think...

 

Do we really have to dig down to BABIP to determine his performence is unsustainable? If his BABIP were .290 his performence would be even more unsustainable.

[A New Era]

It's hard to make a joke to a bunch of people with sticks up their asses. Seriously people, you need to loosen up.

 

 

If someone is going to the trouble to make a "joke account" then they have far more serious problems than just bad jokes.

 

Really? Someone who makes a joke account has serious problems? I think your reply proves my point, but whatever. Here's your stick back.

[pitchcs]

It's hard to make a joke to a bunch of people with sticks up their asses. Seriously people, you need to loosen up.

 

 

If someone is going to the trouble to make a "joke account" then they have far more serious problems than just bad jokes.

 

Really? Someone who makes a joke account has serious problems? I think your reply proves my point, but whatever. Here's your stick back.

 

Who is seriously wasting the time to do that?

[Eric Clipperton]

The Cubs remarks about how Colvin played his way onto the roster do not give me a whole lot of confidence that they have learned anything about evaluating players. He ran ridiculously hot for 70 AB, which tells us approximately nothing about his actual ability level improving from his so-so numbers in the minors. Zero walks is also not very encouraging.

 

Hopefully Tyler ends up having decent luck this year once the real games start, or else he is not going to get a whole lot of playing time before eventually heading back to the minors. Perhaps his torrid stretch actually was due to some incredible improvement in his game, but I don't think it would be particularly wise to expect that to be the case.

 

Sucks that Sam Fuld had a bad spring for all that tiny sample matters, hope he is solid again in AAA so if Colvin ends up heading back down, he can bring that glove (which you have to guess is >>> Colvin's D) back up as 5th OF.

[soapy]

So what's the over/under on the number of games played before we start seeing articles/hearing radio hosts clamor for Colvin to be the full-time starter in LF or RF? Four? After we set that, we need to set the over/under on the number of games before those same people start calling him a bust.

[SouthSideRyan]

And all of the geniuses around here were convinced Colvin would be a star.

[soapy]

That's gold, baby.