Missing: ARam's power

By Hawk4Hall,
May 25, 2011 in Chicago Cubs Talk

https://northsidebaseball.com/forums/topic/40751-missing-arams-power/

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Keener98

Old-Timey Member

Posted June 4, 2011

Why can't Byrd hit cleanup?

It's a shame Pena has been so terrible this season.

Byrd can hit cleanup, but Pena is the better option.

As keener pointed out, he had a bad month to open the year and then he went on a tear through most of May. His line over the past 28 days - .263/.406/.487/.893 - has picked his numbers up considerably from the awful start. At the time my post was made, Pena's season wOBA was higher than Byrd's. It's dropped since then to a .339 (Byrd) vs .325 (Pena) difference, but you have to question how well Byrd will bat when he returns from his injury.

Add in the fact that Penas overall numbers are being dragged down by having to face leftys. Eliminate his 2-40 vs leftys this year and hes hitting .272/.413/.456/.869.

This Cubs team has lots of problems, and Pena isnt one of them.