Castro and LaHair on All Star Team

[sneakypower]

I just think it's amusing that a guy I'm pretty sure...has probably been figured out by pitchers at this point made the roster.

yeah, i can't believe Paul Konerko made it, either

[Guest]

If Paul Konerko had no MLB track record and was getting his first real shot at age 29 we'd be rightly skeptical too.

 

I know you're beating the drum about taking his numbers in their totality, but there's too much correlation between 4 weeks of 1.289 OPS with a .543 BABIP and then a .701 OPS with a .311 BABIP the remainder of the year to not have valid concerns that he's now being properly scouted.

[sneakypower]

you're uncharacteristically reading far too much into a small sample size because of confirmation bias

 

currently, the average 1B in the MLB posts a .761; a reasonable babip and hr/fb still puts him in the neighborhood of what Mike Napoli's doing now, which is league-average 1B offense

 

but sure, look at the 1B situation for Cleveland, Miami, LA Dodgers, Seattle, Pittsburgh (they're playing Casey Mcgehee there), NY Mets and tell me with a straight face he'll wash out of the league

[sneakypower]

If Paul Konerko had no MLB track record and was getting his first real shot at age 29 we'd be rightly skeptical too.

 

I know you're beating the drum about taking his numbers in their totality, but there's too much correlation between 4 weeks of 1.289 OPS with a .543 BABIP and then a .701 OPS with a .311 BABIP the remainder of the year to not have valid concerns that he's now being properly scouted.

...regression?

 

he's hit 25% LDs and is sporting a .376 babip, and you're somehow acting like he's been touched by an angel, with BIP luck; this is Kyle-level shoddy analysis, you know you can do much better

[Guest]

you're uncharacteristically reading far too much into a small sample size because of confirmation bias

 

currently, the average 1B in the MLB posts a .761; a reasonable babip and hr/fb still puts him in the neighborhood of what Mike Napoli's doing now, which is league-average 1B offense

 

but sure, look at the 1B situation for Cleveland, Miami, LA Dodgers, Seattle, Pittsburgh (they're playing Casey Mcgehee there), NY Mets and tell me with a straight face he'll wash out of the league

 

My point is that LaHair hasn't been unlucky with his May-June performance, it's pretty close to the new norm, which is 40-50 points below the average 1B and about 20th of the 25 qualified 1B. 30 year olds with poor defense who hit like that aren't exactly guaranteed jobs. And we haven't touched on his heavy platoon playing time split compared to other regulars either.

[biittner77]

In the general scheme of things, is this any worse than the Reggie Jackson starting in RF when he's DHed all season and is batting .220?

[Soul]

In the grand scheme of things I can't say I care much about any of the ASG roster choices anymore.

 

But, this was amusing, and puzzling. And kind of fun.

[Guest]

In the grand scheme of things I can't say I care much about any of the ASG roster choices anymore.

 

But, this was amusing, and puzzling. And kind of fun.

Not really. He's had a good ytd for his position and his peers rewarded him.

 

People love to hate LaHair on here. It's like a kind of sport.

[A New Era]

In the grand scheme of things I can't say I care much about any of the ASG roster choices anymore.

 

But, this was amusing, and puzzling. And kind of fun.

Not really. He's had a good ytd for his position and his peers rewarded him.

 

People love to hate LaHair on here. It's like a kind of sport.

 

Yeah. Look for my LEAVE LAHAIR ALONE youtube video, coming soon.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Looking over the other 1st Base options, there's Paul Goldschmidt with 11 HR, .292/.367/.540 and Allen Craig, in only 39 games with 11 HR .311/.382/.608. Maybe the player vote was done around Memorial Day.

[Old Style]

Good for LaHair.

[Sammy Sofa]

People love to hate LaHair on here. It's like a kind of sport.

 

Bet you were laughing and laughing when people said this kind of goofy [expletive] about Colvin.

[sneakypower]

LaHair vs. RHP

2009 MLE: .275/.336/.496 (324 AB)

2010 MLE: .272/.343/.474 (313 AB)

2011 MLE: .283/.356/.543 (314 AB)

2011-

2012 MLB: .318/.398/.586 (220 AB)

 

yeah, i'm still pretty confident he can hit RHP

[Elrhino]

I'm really not sure what All Star nominations would have to do with BABIP or luck anyway. It's a reward for the top performers at their positions for the first half of the season, it's not betting of futures. How the sausage got made is pretty irrelevant.

[Sammy Sofa]

LaHair vs. RHP

2009 MLE: .275/.336/.496 (324 AB)

2010 MLE: .272/.343/.474 (313 AB)

2011 MLE: .283/.356/.543 (314 AB)

2011-

2012 MLB: .318/.398/.586 (220 AB)

 

yeah, i'm still pretty confident he can hit RHP

 

Someone needs to remind LaHair.

[sneakypower]

lame and stupid throw-away one-liners?

 

OH GOD KYLE HACKED INTO MOJOS ACCOUNT

[UMFan83]

I'm really not sure what All Star nominations would have to do with BABIP or luck anyway. It's a reward for the top performers at their positions for the first half of the season, it's not betting of futures. How the sausage got made is pretty irrelevant.

 

That's one way to look at it. However, once Selig made the game count, it should be largely about putting the best team on the field to win HFA in the World Series for your league. Given that starters are never in the game in the late innings, do you want Bryan LaHair taking a key AB in the game if you are a fan of a contending team?

[SouthSideRyan]

lame and stupid throw-away one-liners?

 

OH GOD KYLE HACKED INTO MOJOS ACCOUNT

 

FIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT

[Sammy Sofa]

lame and stupid throw-away one-liners?

 

OH GOD KYLE HACKED INTO MOJOS ACCOUNT

 

Those are all I'm good for.

 

Also: Bryan LaHair isn't very good. I wish he was, but he's not.

[sneakypower]

Also: Bryan LaHair isn't very good. I wish he was, but he's not.

even with his epically horrific slump-to-end-all-slumps, he still has the 6th-best OPS in all of baseball vs. righties, but you probably have fingers in your ears at this point, so whatever

[Sammy Sofa]

I don't understand why you think everyone else doesn't understand how cumulative statistics work.

[sneakypower]

because you talk as if you don't?

[bukie]

Jonah Keri sums up my thoughts on LaHair's All-Star selection pretty well:

 

And if you're looking for another player to back in the midsummer classic, make it Bryan LaHair. Sure, LaHair's early-season surge was largely due to good luck on balls in play, and he's struggled mightily since then, including a current 4-for-26 streak with no extra-base hits. Still, he racked up nearly 1,000 games and more than 4,000 at-bats in his long minor league career before getting his first crack at full-time big league duty this year. Now, thanks to a scorching start, he gets to play alongside the best players in the world. Whatever becomes of his career from here, no one will ever be able to erase this line from his baseball epitaph: Bryan LaHair, All-Star.

[bukie]

I mean, the All-Star game itself is pretty lame and fan-service-y, and it should have absolutely nothing to do with how well we can expect players to play going forward this year.

 

Just because we shouldn't be penciling LaHair in the starting lineup every day going forward, doesn't mean he didn't absolutely tear the cover off the ball for about six weeks, to the point where even with this prolonged downswing, he's still among the league leaders in hitting categories.

[Sammy Sofa]

because you talk as if you don't?

 

You think it's just a slump; I think it's a slump coupled with the book being out on him.