Has there ever been a more hollow .292?
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Has there ever been a more hollow .292?
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!
*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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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...
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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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.stretch wrote: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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