Derek Lee stinks

[Clem Fandango]

OK, DLee. Time to start hitting, please.

 

05/17 - 05/22      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
D Lee              24    2    2    1    0    1    2    3    8  0.083  0.185  0.250  0.435  0.067  4.00    1.1  0.102  0.067

 

:-& :-& :-&

[Careless]

Next to last in qualified batters in OPS. Very depressing

[mcgoobs]

This ties into the Aramis thread. Here's the Cubs OPS per position, rank in the NL

 

C: 7th (3rd in OBP)

1B: 15th

2B: 14th

SS: 3rd

3B: 15th

LF: 1st

CF: 1st

RF: 4th

 

Someone much smarter than me could quantify how many runs we've lost by having Lee/Ramirez perform like they have vs an .850 or .900 OPS and how many wins that's cost us.

[NCCubFan]

Yes, he sure stinks tonight. :D

[TruffleShuffle]

hopefully tonight was him extracting his head from his ass. we can't have our corner infielders among the worst hitters in the game.

[Keener98]

hopefully tonight was him extracting his head from his ass. we can't have our corner infielders among the worst hitters in the game.

 

The weather is heating up and I wouldnt be surprised at all to see Lee go on a tear on this homestand. Lets hope so because Theriot and Soto are horrible right now

[loukycub]

how many people were hating on d-lee this same time last year? at the end of the year he was probably one of the regular hitters who earned his money.

 

i think that we are 2 games under in a bad national league with no production from aramis and not much from lee is an encouraging sign. lee is notorious for slow starts. i think that when we get production from 3rd base we will be fine.

[Sammy Sofa]

how many people were hating on d-lee this same time last year?

 

Hopefully nobody since this was his May 2009 line:

 

.313 .403 .552 .955

 

Yes, he sucked at the start of 2009, but he was already beating up the ball by this time last year. He also showed consistent improvement from month to month last year whereas going into tonight Lee's May was actually been WORSE than his April.

 

I think he'll hit better, but he's really not looking much like he did last year. That said, May has been his weakest month by far over his career (.249 .321 .420 .741), so he's essentially due to pick it up from here on out.

[hardcorecubfan]

Defense is unbelievable for his age, hitting will come around