Random Cubs Musings

[jersey cubs fan]

Olt's .257 OB% is terrible but to say he's the problem is crazy.

 

His horrible OBP is absolutely part of the problem. There also happens to be plenty of other parts of the problem.

[Guest]

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[RynoRules]

That's an incredibly low BAbip.

[sneakypower]

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yeah, i was cutting & slicing his gamelogs until i realized i couldn't come up with any combination that had him hitting .200 and just kind of quit and said "[expletive] this guy"

[sneakypower]

but now i have a dream of watching a 40 HR, 95-hit season

[ConstableRabbit]

but now i have a dream of watching a 40 HR, 95-hit season

Reynolds had 32/99 in 2010.

[neely crenshaw]

You have a guy that has a .365 OB% in the minors even with an awful 2013 when he was suffering from injuries. He hasn't been good but he is on a upswing, and is producing with his OPS.

How about we see how this works out before we throw him out after 100 at bats.

Since no one is coming up anytime soon, if he is the problem what is the solution?

Play barney full-time at 2nd with his .234 ob% and .500 ops?

or play Valbuena full time at 3b with his .676 ops which will certainly dive when he has to hit lefties, as he posted a .292 ob% and a .502 ops vs left handed starters last year.

The problem isn't that Olt has a .257 ob% (which is bad) it's that he's one of our most productive guys even with that OB%. There's your problem.

Regardless, 2 weeks ago he had a .209 ob% and .574 ops

[SouthSideRyan]

Mike Olt is in the bottom-5 for LW runs (on a per-pitch basis, min. 100 PA) against

 

sliders: -6.83 (runs/100)

curves: -4.16

changes: -6.09

 

but he is in the top-20 vs. fastballs, though

 

sorry, but i still don't think he's really very good

 

If he qualified, he would have the lowest LD% in the majors.

[SouthSideRyan]

That's an incredibly low BAbip.

 

That happens when you hit more flyballs than groundballs and have a LD% of 10

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That's an incredibly low BAbip.

 

That happens when you hit more flyballs than groundballs and have a LD% of 10

 

None of which is sustainable. Flyballs will come down, LD% will come up, HRs will come down, BABIP will go up.

[SouthSideRyan]

That's an incredibly low BAbip.

 

That happens when you hit more flyballs than groundballs and have a LD% of 10

 

None of which is sustainable. Flyballs will come down, LD% will come up, HRs will come down, BABIP will go up.

 

So he'll hit less HRs and more singles. Yay?

[neely crenshaw]

He has 91 ab's how about we let him go a bit before we give up.

 

Who was that prospect a few years back that posted a line of like .140 .281 .242 .523 in his first 50 games?

[SouthSideRyan]

He has 91 ab's how about we let him go a bit before we give up.

 

Who was that prospect a few years back that posted a line of like .140 .281 .242 .523 in his first 50 games?

 

I dunno, are you talking about the 8 million guys who wound up sucking after putting up that line or the 3 that didn't?

[Guest]

He has 91 ab's how about we let him go a bit before we give up.

 

Who was that prospect a few years back that posted a line of like .140 .281 .242 .523 in his first 50 games?

 

I dunno, are you talking about the 8 million guys who wound up sucking after putting up that line or the 3 that didn't?

 

to be fair to neely (wait, why did you see his post, lol), there aren't 8 million guys who had olt's pedigree/prospect status.

[jersey cubs fan]

He has 91 ab's how about we let him go a bit before we give up.

 

Who was that prospect a few years back that posted a line of like .140 .281 .242 .523 in his first 50 games?

 

I dunno, are you talking about the 8 million guys who wound up sucking after putting up that line or the 3 that didn't?

 

to be fair to neely (wait, why did you see his post, lol), there aren't 8 million guys who had olt's pedigree/prospect/blindness status.

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[Sammy Sofa]

*SNIIIIIIIIIIIP*

 

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[SouthSideRyan]

He has 91 ab's how about we let him go a bit before we give up.

 

Who was that prospect a few years back that posted a line of like .140 .281 .242 .523 in his first 50 games?

 

I dunno, are you talking about the 8 million guys who wound up sucking after putting up that line or the 3 that didn't?

 

to be fair to neely (wait, why did you see his post, lol), there aren't 8 million guys who had olt's pedigree/prospect status.

 

He had like 8 of the last 15 posts, I had to check.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's like he saw davell's obviously sarcastic "quit playing him" post, took it seriously AND that it was the general consensus of the board and then had to give us a 6-part breakdown arguing against a standpoint nobody was taking.

[Guest]

Yeah, Neely's issue isn't so much making bad arguments or flawed/illogical points...it's his weird/wrong perceptions of what people think that he is always arguing against.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, Neely's issue isn't so much making bad arguments or flawed/illogical points...it's his weird/wrong perceptions of what people think that he is always arguing against.

 

Right.

[Guest]

Yeah, Neely's issue isn't so much making bad arguments or flawed/illogical points...it's his weird/wrong perceptions of what people think that he is always arguing against.

 

Right.

 

That and spacing incompetence.

[Sammy Sofa]

I still read his posts like he's the asthmatic kid from Malcolm in the Middle.

[Guest]

the fly balls that he hits, as pertaining to his LD%, do those count the long, loud fly balls he hits all the time like the two last night or are those counted as line drives?

[Guest]

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yeah, i was cutting & slicing his gamelogs until i realized i couldn't come up with any combination that had him hitting .200 and just kind of quit and said "[expletive] this guy"

 

so wait, he's slugging .514, an OPS of .800 with an IsoD of near .100 even WITH a .143 babip? that's incredible you turds.

[Guest]

I'm not complaining, I'm encouraged that his production has been trending up as the season progresses. 100 PAs isn't really much of anything in terms of peripherals, but his K rate holding steady/declining as he gets more PA against RHP is cool too.