Derrek's ABs with men on

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I think we've all had it with Corey/Neifi going 1-2 in the order. I thought it might be interesting to look at the top five guys in NL RBI and their plate appearances split with runners on, so we can put some numbers on how few opportunities Derrek has had to knock people in:

 

        PAs*  PAs w/ men on       %       RBI w/ runners on     RBI/(PA w/men on)
C Lee    345        182          52.8            63                   .36
D Lee    347        140          40.3            54                   .39
Pujols   361        171          47.4            55                   .32
Burrell  309        171          55.3            54                   .32
A Jones  338        178          52.7            44                   .25

PAs* are ABs + walks + HBP, I don't have PAs from sacrifices in here

 

Out of all the leading NL RBI guys, Derrek has had by far the least amount of PA*s with men on, while still driving in guys at the same (if not slightly better) rate than everybody else.

 

Here's the same analysis, now done for PA*s with guys in scoring position:

 

        PAs*   PAs w/ RISP       %        RBI w/ RISP         RBI/(PA w/RISP)
C Lee    345        113          32.8            55                   .49
D Lee    347         94          27.1            49                   .52
Pujols   361        103          28.5            46                   .45
Burrell  309        104          33.7            49                   .47
A Jones  338        111          32.8            28                   .25

 

Again, we see the same effect, although it is a little more muted here - Derrek has had fewer PA*s with men in scoring position, but has taken advantage of those PA*s at a rate on par or better than the rest of the NL RBI guys.

 

It's pretty obvious Neifi/Corey going 1-2 is not helping our cause at all, and any benefit from having Walker bat toward the bottom of the order for protection is being negated by not having anyone for Derrek to knock in. Our chances of scoring runs and winning games, as well as one of the great Cubs seasons in history is being muted because of the lineup and our manager.

 

Others thoughts?