Fun early season numbers

[illiniguy]

Jason Giambi is hitting around .185 but has an OPS of .900

He's putting up numbers in Independence area bars too, but from what his driver says, he needs P.E.D.s for that too.

[Cubswin11]

Carlos Santana's slash line after going 1-2 with 3BB and a HR tonight is .389/.476/.722

[Clem Fandango]

Carlos Santana's slash line after going 1-2 with 3BB and a HR tonight is .389/.476/.722

 

And my remorse for trading him away in my fantasy keeper league for the younger and more-affordable-to-keep Jesus Montero continues to grow

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Carlos Santana's slash line after going 1-2 with 3BB and a HR tonight is .389/.476/.722

 

July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.

[Derwood]

The Blue Jays only have 3 hitters with an OPS+ over 100.

 

The Red Sox have AB outfielder with an OPS+ of 10

[Careless]

The Red Sox have AB outfielder with an OPS+ of 10

Lillbridge is at negative 77.

[Clem Fandango]

At least the Red Sox's 10 OPS+ outfielder is going to actually be serviceable one day and was just too young for the job

[Clem Fandango]

Starling Marte is on pace for a 26 homers, 84 RBI, 52 stolen bases and 125 runs scored season

[sneakypower]

long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line

 

in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace

 

stud.

[Clem Fandango]

long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line

 

in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace

 

stud.

 

Holy crap, I didn't even realize he was doing so well. I have him on one of my fantasy teams and he was off to such a rough start the first two weeks I didn't even notice he turned it around so much. He's also currently on a 12-game hitting streak

 

In other crazy numbers: Yu Darvish's K/9 right now is 14.2 :shock:

 

He's struck out 10 or more batters 4 of his 7 starts and struck out 14 in two of them. He has 72 strikeouts in 45.2 innings of work.

[neely crenshaw]

The Blue Jays only have 3 hitters with an OPS+ over 100.

 

The Red Sox have AB outfielder with an OPS+ of 10

 

Jays are being led in hitting by Colby Rasmus....nuff said

[Guest]

long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line

 

in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace

 

stud.

The Twins don't look quite as crazy for the return on Santana now. If only they had kept him, of course.

[SouthSideRyan]

long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line

 

in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace

 

stud.

 

He's matched his career high in bWAR

[sneakypower]

long-time personal favorite of mine Carlos Gomez is leading baseball in WAR, with a .368/.417/.642 line

 

in his last 112 games, he's hitting .298/.342/.536 with a 32 HR, 53 SB pace

 

stud.

 

He's matched his career high in bWAR

which is another way of saying he hadn't topped 2.4 bWAR in a season by age 26, which doesn't really seem like a huge damnation

 

and you could also say this is the third straight year he's been an above-average player

 

but what does FG think?

 

11: 1.9 WAR in 258 PA

12: 3.2 WAR in 452 PA

13: 2.3 WAR in 115 PA

 

7.4 WAR in his last 825 PA - basically 1.5 seasons worth of games

[Cubswin11]

Yuniesky Betancourt hit his 8th HR tonight

[SouthSideRyan]

I was just making an observation

[Smack]

Year two of the Albert Pujols contract and it's looking like a prison sentence.

 

From BP today:

Albert Pujols

Expected WARP: 1.3

WARP: 0.6

As noted above, Pujols has a .228 BABIP. Unlike Iannetta, he’s not historically a low-BABIP guy, but the recent history suggests that “historically” is becoming irrelevant to evaluating Pujols. Through 2009, he had a .317 career BABIP. Since then, over the course of three and a half seasons, he has a .281 BABIP. He won’t finish the year with a .228 BABIP, but given his inability to run, and his increasingly limited tendencies at the plate, he might be the easiest hitter in the game to defend against, the anti-Trout.

 

He has one hit to right field this year—not one homer, but one hit. In his career, he has gone to right field 20 percent of the time; in 2012, that figure dropped to 15 percent, and this year it’s down to 10 percent. This despite nearly all teams now employing heavy shifts against him that leave the second base position unoccupied. He can’t run. He has a .167 BABIP on grounders (career: .260), and the highest groundball rate of his career. It’s hard to tease out exactly how much of this is related to his lower-body problems, whether the foot pain affects his swing (he says no), and whether his lack of footspeed influences teams’ defensive shifts against him.

[Sammy Sofa]

Plantar fasciitis is the devil.

[Pushfrog98]

Plantar fasciitis is the devil.

It really is. And the overall impact can differ from person to person.

[Sammy Sofa]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

[Cubswin11]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

Last year, I think

[Sammy Sofa]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

Last year, I think

 

Yeah, then they're proper fucked. That's tough.

[Guest]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

 

I want to think he's had foot problems since well before free agency. Could be a worse flare up or just not having the tolerance for it as he ages too.

 

Another reason I'm not paid to make decisions, I was very big on Pujols in Free Agency, especially relative to Fielder.

[bukie]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

 

I want to think he's had foot problems since well before free agency. Could be a worse flare up or just not having the tolerance for it as he ages too.

 

Another reason I'm not paid to make decisions, I was very big on Pujols in Free Agency, especially relative to Fielder.

Yeah, as much as the Cubs FO got flack for not spending big in 2012 FA, I think they made the right move, in hindsight.

[mul21]

When did that first crop up with Pujols?

Last year, I think

 

It's been a lot longer than that. I'd guess a minimum of 4 years. It never forced him to miss any time while he was with the Cards, and I don't think it was as bad as it's been lately, but it was something that was talked about pretty regularly.

 

ETA: According to Wikipedia, he was first diagnosed in the second half of the 2004 season.