Geovany Soto

[Banedon]

With two more plate appearances to qualify as a league leader, Soto would be second in the National League in on-base percentage (.467), ninth in on-base-plus-slugging (.973) and in the top 15 in hitting (.313). He's fourth in walks (24), three behind NL leader David Wright.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/2272326,CST-SPT-cub14.article

 

Nice little article about Geo....

[Cubswin11]

Of course Koye will start today and the minimum PA's for Soto to reach will rise.

[Banedon]

Of course Koye will start today and the minimum PA's for Soto to reach will rise.

 

Why would Hill start after an off day?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Of course Koye will start today and the minimum PA's for Soto to reach will rise.

 

Why would Hill start after an off day?

Lou is a strange old man

[soapy]

If you had told me that Geo and Soriano would be putting up these numbers, I would have thought this offense would be leading the league in runs. Heh...

[sneakypower]

somebody needs to start a thread to highlight Marmol's completely ridiculous 18.56 (!) k/9

[Clem Fandango]

Everyone in the everyday starting lineup is hitting over .300 except Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez, who are each hitting .230 or lower

 

Ryan Theriot has 1 fewer XBH, 3 fewer RBI, and 5 fewer BB than Aramis Ramirez, but is out OPS'ing him by .246 points (.727 vs. .481)

 

Starting Lineup with Castro combined OPS = .856

Starting Lineup with Fontenot combined OPS = .818

Starting Lineup with Castro minus Lee & Ramirez combined OPS = .947

Starting Lineup with Fonteno minus Lee & Ramirez combine OPS = .896

 

I know... Castro... small sample size. The point is Lee and Ramirez really need to knock it the eff off. This [expletive] isn't funny anymore.

[daske17]

I'm so glad that Lee and Ramirez remain in the heart of the order while Geo hits 7th.

[Fred Hornkohl]

somebody needs to start a thread to highlight Marmol's completely ridiculous 18.56 (!) k/9

 

How' this for openers...........

 

Marmol                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/08  vs. Atla        1.3    1    0    0    1    2    0    25    15  0.60  18.8    1    1  0.50    2    0  0.00  6.75 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
04/10  vs. Cincy       1.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    13     9  0.69  13.0    0    0  0.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
04/12  vs. Milw        1.0    0    0    0    1    1    0    10     4  0.40  10.0    0    1  0.00    0    0  0.00  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/14  vs. Milw        1.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    15     9  0.60  15.0    0    0  0.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
04/16  vs. Houst       1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    14    11  0.79  14.0    1    0  1.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
04/18  vs. Houst       1.3    3    1    1    0    2    0    25    17  0.68  18.8    0    2  0.00    2    1  0.50  0.00 13.50  0.00  2.25  6.75
04/21  vs. Mets        1.0    0    0    0    1    1    0    19    10  0.53  19.0    0    2  0.00    0    0  0.00  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/23  vs. Milw        1.3    1    0    0    1    3    0    22    14  0.64  16.5    0    1  0.00    2    0  0.00  6.75 20.25  0.00  1.50  0.00
04/24  vs. Milw        0.7    0    0    0    0    2    0    15    10  0.67  22.5    0    0  0.00    1    0  0.00  0.00 27.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
04/26  vs. Wash        1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    16     9  0.56  16.0    1    2  0.33    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/30  vs. Ariz        1.0    1    0    0    1    3    0    25    17  0.68  25.0    0    0  0.00    0    0  0.00  9.00 27.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
05/01  vs. Ariz        1.0    1    0    0    2    3    0    35    21  0.60  35.0    0    0  0.00    0    0  0.00 18.00 27.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
05/05  vs. Pitts       1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    17    11  0.65  17.0    0    1  0.00    0    0  0.00  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
05/10  vs. Flor        1.0    1    0    0    2    3    0    29    14  0.48  29.0    0    0  0.00    0    0  0.00 18.00 27.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
05/12  vs. Flor        1.3    2    1    1    1    3    0    33    18  0.55  24.8    0    1  0.00    2    0  0.00  6.75 20.25  0.00  2.25  6.75

season totals         16.0   11    2    2   10   33    0   313   189  0.60  19.6    3   11  0.21    9    1  0.11  5.63 18.56  0.00  1.31  1.13

 

The walk rate is a bit of a concern.

[Soul]

If you had told me that Geo and Soriano would be putting up these numbers, I would have thought this offense would be leading the league in runs. Heh...

 

I'll add Silva to that sentiment too. If someone had told me all 3 of those guys would be producing at a high level, I would have thought the Cubs would be having a hell of a hot start.

 

Baseball is a strange game indeed.

[champaignchris]

As an aggregate, the Cubs offense is actually a bit better than last year's. 7th in the league at 4.6 runs a game versus 9th in the league at 4.39 last year, across the board better BA, OBP, and Slugging.

 

The problem is that it's sooooo inconsistent. 15 games scoring two runs or less out of 35. Houston, the worst scoring team in the league at 3.06 runs per game, has had 17 games of two runs or less out of 34. The second worst scoring team in the league, Pittsburgh, at 3.35 runs per game has had 14 games of two runs or less out of 34. The Padres are the third worst scoring team in the league at 4.29 runs per game, and they've only had 10 games of less than 3 runs out of 34 games.

 

Essentially, while the Cubs aggregate numbers are mediocre, they have been just as likely to put up an offensive no-show as the worst offensive teams in the league. Generally, you'd expect a team's offensive production to graph out like a bell curve with a big hump between 4 and 5 runs and a gradual decline from there. However, if you graphed out the Cub's offensive production, you'd see a giant spike at 2 runs, and then a nearly flat graph from there.

 

The bullpen certainly hasn't helped. The team ERA is up about a half a run, and that can be attributed largely to the bullpen, whose ERA is up a whole point from last year. The starters' ERAs are up about .3 runs.

[bcl412]

If you had told me that Geo and Soriano would be putting up these numbers, I would have thought this offense would be leading the league in runs. Heh...

 

I'll add Silva to that sentiment too. If someone had told me all 3 of those guys would be producing at a high level, I would have thought the Cubs would be having a hell of a hot start.

 

Baseball is a strange game indeed.

 

Yeah it's pretty annoying. Three of our starters have been pretty good and most of the starters on offense are doing pretty good. Why the hell aren't we winning?

 

Baseball is dumb.

[sneakypower]

well one slight problem is before the year we also assumed a 3.80 ERA and tons of innings and AB from Z

[17 Seconds]

If you had told me that Geo and Soriano would be putting up these numbers, I would have thought this offense would be leading the league in runs. Heh...

 

I'll add Silva to that sentiment too. If someone had told me all 3 of those guys would be producing at a high level, I would have thought the Cubs would be having a hell of a hot start.

 

Baseball is a strange game indeed.

 

Yeah it's pretty annoying. Three of our starters have been pretty good and most of the starters on offense are doing pretty good. Why the hell aren't we winning?

 

the cubs have been outscored by 14 runs

[UMFan83]

Not trying to be an alarmist or a Geo hater, but I noticed he's cooled off a bit over the last 8-10 days.

 

3-24 with 0 XBH and 3 walks in his last 8 games for a line of .125/.250/.125/.375

 

Every player goes through those though. Just don't want it to become extended like it has sometimes in the past for him.

[Clem Fandango]

If you had told me that Geo and Soriano would be putting up these numbers, I would have thought this offense would be leading the league in runs. Heh...

 

I'll add Silva to that sentiment too. If someone had told me all 3 of those guys would be producing at a high level, I would have thought the Cubs would be having a hell of a hot start.

 

Baseball is a strange game indeed.

 

Yeah it's pretty annoying. Three of our starters have been pretty good and most of the starters on offense are doing pretty good. Why the hell aren't we winning?

 

the cubs have been outscored by 14 runs

 

Just to add further insult to our injury the Pirates have been outscored by 93 runs, the largest negative run differential in the entire major leagues (Houston in a distant second with -60 RD)...... and they're ahead of us by .5 games

[muntjack]

Not trying to be an alarmist or a Geo hater, but I noticed he's cooled off a bit over the last 8-10 days.

 

3-24 with 0 XBH and 3 walks in his last 8 games for a line of .125/.250/.125/.375

 

Every player goes through those though. Just don't want it to become extended like it has sometimes in the past for him.

 

 

Well not to be a Soto apologist, but in that span he has narrowly missed 2 HR and was a victim of the worst called strike 3 I've ever seen. Really wish someone had a GIF of that.

[apete6]

Not trying to be an alarmist or a Geo hater, but I noticed he's cooled off a bit over the last 8-10 days.

 

3-24 with 0 XBH and 3 walks in his last 8 games for a line of .125/.250/.125/.375

 

Every player goes through those though. Just don't want it to become extended like it has sometimes in the past for him.

 

 

Well not to be a Soto apologist, but in that span he has narrowly missed 2 HR and was a victim of the worst called strike 3 I've ever seen. Really wish someone had a GIF of that.

 

He's also had some rockets right at people. I wonder what his LD% is over that time frame? I would imagine it is very respectable.

[mcgoobs]

For the year he has a 25% LD rate, but only a .333 BABIP. Looks like he's still getting unlucky on the balls he is hitting.