Has there ever been a more hollow .292?

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Has there ever been a more hollow .292?

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I know I'm supposed to be happy that Yadier Molina is hitting .292 and that he has a third of the hits that he had last season, but I don't see anything to be overjoyed about.

*His .292 is nice until you take into account that he has a .337 BABIP, or Paul Lo Duca's Seeing-Eye Single Syndrome.

*He has five extra base hits, good for a .358 slugging average, which would put him around his career "high" in 2005.

*Before Wednesday night, he had all of two extra base hits.

*His 11 walks -- good for a 9% rate in his PA's -- looks better considering he drew walks in only 5% of his PA's last season. Then you realize that SEVEN of those walks came in one four game span from Apr. 15-19. And three of those came in one game. Nearly one-third of his walks have come in one game. Astounding...

*He's also drawn one walk since Apr. 22. That's one walk in the last 61 plate appearances.

*Yadi before the 13-game hit streak, .250/.347/.312. Yadi's numbers now: .292/.356/.358. Is .357/.372/.429 during the streak really that impressive? I'm not so sure.

*And throw out that four-game binge of seven walks, he's only drawn four walks in 102 PA's. That's one walk for ~25 PA's That's worse than last season when he drew a walk for every 17 PA's.

The point is, Molina hasn't turned a corner as anyone would like to think. The numbers don't bear it out. If he were really turning a corner, he would be doing a bit better than a .358 slugging. Or he would be drawing more walks. He's going to turn back into a good-field/no-hit pumpkin soon, and his average will probably remain around the .255-.260 range, and people will point to it and say, "yes, he CAN hit!" Even though he'll continue to stink.

But hey, the man calls a game like no other!

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Post by DynamicDynamite »

doesnt really matter to me. He has a hit in every game this month, and is making it to where the lineup turns over more than it did before hand.

he has a double in every game for the better part of the last week...

more than likely he will turn back into a .260 hitter, but anything is an improvement over last year...

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Any production at this point is very welcome. Whether it's Yadi or Aaron Miles. The mental mistakes are killing us almost every game.

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Post by Hungary Jack »

Molina's hollow .292 is the least of my worries. It's an improvement over last year. Who knows--maybe it means he has adjusted his swing and is getting comfortable with his mechanics, and he'll start the driving the ball a bit once he's settled in.

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Aren't there a lot better targets to criticize than the one player we have that is doing better than career norms?

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stretch wrote:Aren't there a lot better targets to criticize than the one player we have that is doing better than career norms?
I thought it was a very good analysis. Besides, I don't want the team signing Yadi to a long term deal because he starts hitting .300 if he's only going to slug .350 and never take a walk.

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Post by ghostrunner »

overjoyed? How about satisfied? A stay of execution, maybe?

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Post by lazypenguin »

We're even bashing our productive players now? Come on...

The guy is hitting the ball on top of being one of the best defensive catcher in the game.

Give me a break.

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Post by G. Keenan »

lazypenguin wrote:We're even bashing our productive players now? Come on...

The guy is hitting the ball on top of being one of the best defensive catcher in the game.

Give me a break.
If analyzing the numbers behind the numbers counts as bashing then I say everyone bash away.

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Post by cabby7588 »

Let's put it this way.

Yadier isn't known to be a good offensive player, and he leads the team in batting average.

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