The (new) offense and T. Colvin

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh, WSR, you are the bee's knees.

[SCCubbieFAN]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

[inari]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers but they're wrong.

[Electron Blue]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers but they're wrong.

 

Could you be more helpful?

 

I just checked BR.com, which was not updated from last night yet, and cubs.com, which did match what SCCF posted (except a single point of BA; probably a rounding issue).

[SCCubbieFAN]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers but they're wrong.

 

Got them from Cubs.com and just noticed the page says Monday April 26 so don't know if these stats include Monday's game.

[inari]

For whatever reason I read that as 15 Bb and 19 Ks. My bad.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

The exciting thing to me is the team as a whole including Soriano is working deep counts and taking walks. If this continues this offense will end up similar to 2008, wait for the best pitch to drive if you do not get it take the walk. This team will do some serious damage in warm weather versus average pitchers. As soon as Lee and Ramirez wake up they will hit good pitching as well.

[Electron Blue]

The exciting thing to me is the team as a whole including Soriano is working deep counts and taking walks. If this continues this offense will end up similar to 2008, wait for the best pitch to drive if you do not get it take the walk. This team will do some serious damage in warm weather versus average pitchers. As soon as Lee and Ramirez wake up they will hit good pitching as well.

 

We're 10-10 with Lee and Ramirez hitting .214 and .145 -- granted, Lee's OBP is .360.

 

The superb starting pitching has really picked the team up. If those two can get going, all the better. :)

[Soul]

I choose to believe Ramirez has just woken up, as evidenced by last night's performance. I'll wait to be proven otherwise.

 

Lee? Hopefully soon. I have no reason to believe he won't get it going.

 

In the meantime there have been plenty of good things happening in our lineup with other players. I'm encouraged.

[biittner77]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Based on what he's done in the minors, the fact that he's drawn 5 walks but is still hitting for power is a really good sign. It's a really small sample but if he somehow managed to keep his OBP about 75 points higher than his BA he could be reasonably counted on as an .800-.850 ops guy which is a great value considering his salary.

 

Let's see where he is after 100 PAs.

[chopsx9]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

[SCCubbieFAN]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

[Magnetic Curses]

i think he needs to play everyday, but he won't if he stays with the big club.

 

it's hard weighing his potential worth against his immediate worth, though.

[SouthSideRyan]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

 

The more walks/strikeouts you have, the more acceptable it is to have a larger gap. I'd rather take 70/125 than 15/10.

[CubColtPacer]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

 

League average for an outfielder is around 2 strikeouts for every walk. If Colvin stays around that average number he'd probably be a fantastic player as he has good average potential and good power potential. His struggle is always going to be to try to keep that strikeout to walk ratio from being horrible in order to maximize that ability to hit for average and power.

[Guest]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

There are very few players in baseball (maybe five in any given year) that both walk at an acceptable rate and also have more walks than K's.

[SCCubbieFAN]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

 

League average for an outfielder is around 2 strikeouts for every walk. If Colvin stays around that average number he'd probably be a fantastic player as he has good average potential and good power potential. His struggle is always going to be to try to keep that strikeout to walk ratio from being horrible in order to maximize that ability to hit for average and power.

 

Thanks for the info CCP. Then I stand corrected since his BB/K ratio is right around league average right now.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers but they're wrong.

 

Got them from Cubs.com and just noticed the page says Monday April 26 so don't know if these stats include Monday's game.

 

04/05 - 04/26      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Colvin             36    9   12    3    1    3    6    5    9  0.333  0.415  0.722  1.137  0.375  4.00   10.8  0.081  0.136

[Eephus Speed]

FWIW, the MLB average BB% is around 9 and the MLB average K% is around 17 or 18.

 

Colvin was 1 for 3 last night plus a walk. His line is now .333 .414 .722 in 36 AB. He only has 5 BB to go with 9Ks. His BB/K ratio obviously needs to get better.

 

Isn't that 70/125 over 500 AB's? I'd be positively euphoric if he could keep that up. or was that a green font thing?

 

No green font thing intended. What ratio of BB/K is considered acceptable? Obviously more BBs than Ks is what every player would like to have but I always assumed a ratio around 50/50 is acceptable.

There are very few players in baseball (maybe five in any given year) that both walk at an acceptable rate and also have more walks than K's.

 

Last season, there were about a dozen who qualify, but it seems that's more than normal. There are only a handful of players who consistently have an above average BB rate and have more BB than K. Pujols, Mauer, Chipper and Helton. N. Johnson is semi-qualified. Pedroia may become a member of that group.

[Guest]

FWIW, the MLB average BB% is around 9 and the MLB average K% is around 17 or 18.

 

 

Is that all hitters or qualified hitters?

[SCCubbieFAN]

Colvin watch: he was 1 for 3 again wednesday with another BB and no Ks. cubs.com now has his line as .325 .413 .675 but I think those states do not include yesterday's game.

[Soul]

Apparently this new fangled Cub offense is best fueled by Brewer pitching, and nothing else.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Colvin watch: he was 1 for 3 again wednesday with another BB and no Ks. cubs.com now has his line as .325 .413 .675 but I think those states do not include yesterday's game.

 

04/05 - 04/28      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Colvin             40    9   13    3    1    3    6    6   10  0.325  0.413  0.675  1.088  0.370  4.19   11.2  0.088  0.125

[Cubbie Swagger]

If Colvin plays well all season, then I think Fuku becomes an interesting trade chip in the offseason.

Is Fukudome's contract not up after this year? Maybe I'm wrong... but I thought he signed a three year deal.

[dew1679666265]

If Colvin plays well all season, then I think Fuku becomes an interesting trade chip in the offseason.

Is Fukudome's contract not up after this year? Maybe I'm wrong... but I thought he signed a three year deal.

 

He signed a four year deal before the 2008 season. He's signed through 2011 and will make $13.5 million next year.