Lamb and Loretta watch (post-Ensberg)
Since Ensberg lost his job on May 12.Lamb 3-15 Avg = .200, OBP = .200, SLG = .400Loretta 2-9 Avg = .222, OBP = .300, SLG = .222
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Quote:Yet, Biggio is apparently Lead-Off Hitter For Life under some decree from McLane. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Garner was on 790 this afternoon saying (paraphrasing here) essentially...
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Unfortunately, Garner is the guy dealing with the press and he's the one that has to tow the company line. I really feel sorry for him at this point because he knows the truth. Switching Biggio to...
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This has gotten really annoying to me. It used to be an offensive tradeoff between a decent hitting Biggio and others who were probably better than Biggio, but not by much. Well, given the Biggio...
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Lamb .167 .211 .259 .470 Loretta .273 .324 .394 .718 Biggio .193 .239 .277 .516 Ensberg .303 .343 .667 1.010 I can't really blame Biggio. I blame McLane and his "concessions."
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I'm sure Biggio figures that he will get out of his slump if he just keeps playing. However, at his age, that may not be a good bet. If Biggio experiences the same drop off in hitting during the...
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I blame them both: McLane for his absurd "concessions" and Biggio for putting his personal acheivements before the team. Like I said, there is nothing admirable about that. One can argue that he isn't...
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Quote:Sam Crawford retired with 2961 hits. Why did he do it? He hit .173 in a little more than 100 plate appearances his last year. Surely, someone like the Senators or Browns would have given him an...
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Quote: People keep saying on base percentage is so important for a leadoff hitter -- if true -- why do the Houston Astros continue to play such a poor OBP player in the lead off...
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Not that I even agree with the theory that we need high OBP guys at the top, followed by high slugging guys in the middle/late part of the batting order; but even if that premise is dead-on, what is...
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Quote: what is it about Biggio's slugging % that makes him any better in the sixth hole?jbm, well to be honest ( ideally ) -- I'd prefer for Biggio to be hitting 8th in the lineup ( ahead of the...
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Quote:what is it about Biggio's slugging % that makes him any better in the sixth hole?Biggio's lack of power this season, compared to last year, is quite concerning, since his HR power was the one...
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At this point it's a matter of finding a place where he hurts you the least. (Of course, we all know that would be on the bench, though that ain't gonna happen). His slugging has been good at times...
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Quote:Some people like to use 1.7*OBP+SLG rather than OPS. That formula gives you a rough idea of the value of OBP relative to SLG Smith, let's say I wanted to use that formula for calculating Lance...
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Yeah, I've heard that one. Personally, I use OBIP (on base plus isolated power) but to each his own I guess.I think the Biggio to the six hole crowd are working on three assumptions:1) Biggio HAS to...
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The short answer is that he sucks! NL Average is .958Lance is 1.009Ensberg is .968Maybe he's starting to come around.
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Other Astros845 - ausmus847 - biggio769 - everett1126 - lee1280 -Pence1012 -Scott1033 -Loretta925 - LambNote - I had a typo with Lamb in my original post.
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Quote:The short answer is that he sucks!Smith, I didn't know you were going to sum it up that bluntly. Quote:Maybe he's starting to come around. If he does come around, the Houston Astros will win the...
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Quote:NL Average is .9581.009 - Lance.968 - Ensberg1126 - lee1280 -Pence1012 -Scott1033 -LorettaSmith, based on those numbers, is it safe for me to assume the Houston Astros have six good hitters ( at...
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I would bat Biggio sixth, or seventh, or eighth, for the simple reason that he would have fewer ABs, and would therefore be a smaller proportion of Team OPS, or Team...
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