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Jesus Christ. Can we stop looking at OPS and OPS+ for two seconds? Is it so hard to admit that (like most players) he's not a power hitter? He hits for average and gets on base at a high rate. Why is this so hard to understand? Because hitting for average and getting on base isn't all that a hitter has to do. He has been average or worse as a player 5 of the last 7 years. So he won't be the perfect player, but he can provide us with a solid OBP - which people have been bemoaning the lack of for a very long time. He can't hit for power, ok he never could. But he can set the table either for Lee, Ramirez, Floyd (or potential big bat) or if he's low in the order he can set the table for Soriano and Theriot/Fontenot. Yes, that .260 OBP is solid - something... I've been repeating quite often he's been terrible this year. But, the past four years he's put up a .367, .345, .399 and .399 OBP. That ranges from decent to very good. Do I expect a .399 this year? Absolutely not, but I'm hoping he can come close to the .367 from last year in the second half.
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Well, I guess a change of scenery could do no harm for a guy that is struggling. And he gets back to working with Gerald Perry, who he's had success under the past few years. that is actually a fairly good point, because it's not just his OBP that worries me; he's hitting far fewer line drives/groundballs and is hitting a lot more flyballs (so if you're citing past babip numbers: don't. he's not the same hitter he was when he was posting those numbers). him hitting flyballs is a bad bad thing. maybe getting back to a hitting coach he's comfortable with might help. That's what I'm hoping for. I'm far from comfortable with this deal, but I don't think it's close to a definite horrible trade.
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Much as I wanted him, he was a pipedream from the start. Considering what the Braves would have demanded, we couldn't have given them what they wanted without severly damaging the major league team.
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Jesus Christ. Can we stop looking at OPS and OPS+ for two seconds? Is it so hard to admit that (like most players) he's not a power hitter? He hits for average and gets on base at a high rate. Why is this so hard to understand? Because hitting for average and getting on base isn't all that a hitter has to do. He has been average or worse as a player 5 of the last 7 years. So he won't be the perfect player, but he can provide us with a solid OBP - which people have been bemoaning the lack of for a very long time. He can't hit for power, ok he never could. But he can set the table either for Lee, Ramirez, Floyd (or potential big bat) or if he's low in the order he can set the table for Soriano and Theriot/Fontenot.
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Well, I guess a change of scenery could do no harm for a guy that is struggling. And he gets back to working with Gerald Perry, who he's had success under the past few years.
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It's not his career numbers I'm hoping he reverts to, it's last year's numbers. Unless he's fallen off a cliff (which is possible) I don't see why it's impossible that he comes close to last year's OBP.
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Yeah, because trading a crappy catcher and a minor league relief pitcher for a guy who has been solid in 11 out of his 12 MLB years is always a bad idea. what is your definition of "solid"? He's been a below average hitter in 5 of his last 7 seasons, including an awful year this year. By all accounts he's not very good defensively. Based on what, the almighty OPS+? If you look at his average and his OBP, he hasn't been anywhere near below average. He's not a power hitter... most baseball players aren't. yeah, OPS+ sucks...batting average is clearly where it's at. If you want to look at one stat to determine how good a player is, go for it. OPS+ says that Jason Kendall has been barely, just barely, above average during his career. If you really believe that... well, I don't know what to tell you. and if you don't, i don't know what to tell you. and if you believe that at his age and with the numbers of games he's caught kendall is going to be anything remotely close to the player he was six years ago, i don't know what to tell you. I'd take his OBP from last year - .367. Not sure where the six years ago came from, he's had quite good OBPs three of the past four years before this one.
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fine, his OBP has been above average the last however many years. Unfortunately you do have to do more than that to be an average hitter. And also unfortunately, his walk rate is way down this year. Coupled with his woeful average, he's not a very good player at this point in his career. He's not as bad as he was to start the year, but he's not very good either. Even in his "good" month, he posted a 326 OBP. And last year when he was bad in the first half and very good in the second half gives us the hope that he can turn it around and be at least decently productive. Sure, it's not a guarantee, but I like him as an option over Hill or Bowen at the worst. At the best, this is a solid trade. even during his bad first half last year he was still walking. His OPS was 100 points higher in the first half last year than it was in the first half this year. I have trouble believing that a player who has always been very patient all of a sudden can't remember how to walk. Chances are he struggled early and began to press. Hopefully as his average picks up the walks will too. That's at least a possible expectation, if not probable.
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fine, his OBP has been above average the last however many years. Unfortunately you do have to do more than that to be an average hitter. And also unfortunately, his walk rate is way down this year. Coupled with his woeful average, he's not a very good player at this point in his career. He's not as bad as he was to start the year, but he's not very good either. Even in his "good" month, he posted a 326 OBP. And last year when he was bad in the first half and very good in the second half gives us the hope that he can turn it around and be at least decently productive. Sure, it's not a guarantee, but I like him as an option over Hill or Bowen at the worst. At the best, this is a solid trade.
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Yeah, because trading a crappy catcher and a minor league relief pitcher for a guy who has been solid in 11 out of his 12 MLB years is always a bad idea. His career is over. Yes, he used be great, but so did lots of other guys who got old and then weren't so great anymore. This would be example #23,456. How do you know this? He had a good OBP last year, a decent OBP the year before and awesome OBPs the two years before that. Last year he was bad in the first half and had a very high OBP (in the .390s) in the second half. Where is the evidence that he is definitely done?
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People need to look at who is being given up rather than the position. People would've called Marmol nothing a year ago if he was included in a trade. Young relievers have potential value espec. in an era of overspending and inconsistent FA relievers. Look at the LH'ers out of the pen this year... Eyre, Ohman, and Cotts. There's no guarantee he would provide production, which you can say for Kendall as well at this point, Preach it, UK. The other side of that argument is that we have gotten on Hendry for not selling high and buying low...now he does that, and we're on him about it. that's an awful argument. signing williamson was buying low. signing dempster was buying low. hell, signing miller the first time was buying low. trading for a catcher on the decline is buying stupid. Not sure the evidence is clear that he's on the decline. He had a .345 OBP two years ago but was at .399 each of the two years before that and .367 last year. And as Asmodai pointed out earlier, he was bad in the first half last year and quite good in the second half - at least in OBP, which is his value. I've seen no clear evidence he is on the decline.
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We won't be able to take on additional salary now that we've got JASON KENDALL! Not that we'd need to take on additional salary, because now we've got JASON KENDALL! The most I've heard we're taking on is around $3.5 million. The A's and Pirates are paying the rest. Judging from McDonough's comments, I don't think that will hamstring us. Why did the Pirates trade Kendall to the A's and in particular why did the Pirates take on so much of Kendall's salary for so many years? They traded him during one of their many firesales. I'm sure part of the reason they footed much of the bill is that the A's couldn't take on his full salary - not sure who the Pirates got in the deal though. EDIT: Pirates got Mark Redman and Arthur Rhodes for Kendall in 2004. Both were at least fairly cheap vets with short contracts.
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We won't be able to take on additional salary now that we've got JASON KENDALL! Not that we'd need to take on additional salary, because now we've got JASON KENDALL! The most I've heard we're taking on is around $3.5 million. The A's and Pirates are paying the rest. Judging from McDonough's comments, I don't think that will hamstring us.
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And Hudson walks. :D Byrnes up to bat.
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That's what I keep thinking. He's got 12 this year and has had at least 50 for quite a few years straight. The OBP should improve if nothing else.
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Cruz with another k! Heading to the eighth still 4-3 Brewers.
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Cruz k's Hardy with a nice slider outside of the zone. Two down for Braun.
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And Kendall is hitting .276 since June...not great...but ok. If he can do this second half like he did last second half, I'll be happy. He'd make a nice number two hitter.
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You'd think he'd get the info right at some point. He's the only source I've heard saying Marshall.
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And the former Cub parade continues for AZ - Juan Cruz in to pitch.
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They just pinch hit Augie Ojeda? How is AZ five games over? Seriously... In 34 at bats he's been very good this year. Extremely small sample size, but he's been a very good pinch hitter this year.
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Granted extreme sample size, but he is batting .382/.447/.559 this year.
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Then Augie grounds out to Shouse. 2 away, runner still on second. Chris Young batting.
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Augie batting for the DBacks! .350 average righty and .412 average lefty. :shock:
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I fully understand the love for Marmol, but I can't understand why everybody hates Howry. He scares me honestly. Earlier this year he wasn't so good, and that makes me think bad things. I can kind of understand that, but he's been very solid since then for the most part and the turnaround could have been fully expected (judging by his numbers).