Hendry NOT looking to rebuild Cubs

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JeffH's point was that while the rates may be the same, cumulative value is certainly in Crawford's favor due to the additional PA's.

 

Value and production are different things, though. Kosuke is likely to be just as productive as Crawford if the Cubs hadn't decided to bench the superior player for an extended period of time - that's not Kosuke's fault.

 

Out of the 200 extra AB's Crawford has over Fukudome, 140 of them have been against left-handers. Kosuke would likely have a decent drop in his numbers if he had to play as much against left-handers as Crawford has.

 

are we positive that Fukudome is a flub against lefties? He's been very good this year (few PAs) but it's not like he has hundreds of MLB PAs on which to base the conclusion that his ability to get on base plummets against LHP.

 

He's had a couple hundred PA's against them at this point and there definitely seems to be a couple trends in his numbers. He struggles in the power department against left-handers with a career ISOP of 105 compared to 159 against right-handers (although he does have 2 of his career 3 home runs against left-handers this year which are propping up his 2010 numbers). He has also struck out at a 25.5% clip against left-handers compared to 19.8% against right-handers. It's certainly possible that he changes those trends with more AB's but it's probably not very likely.

[SouthSideRyan]

Fans want the team to "rebuild" because it makes them feel better about themselves because they ignorantly associate our good players with failure