Yea, that doesn't work at all. St Nick had lots of hair.Originally Posted by OldYankeeFan
Yea, that doesn't work at all. St Nick had lots of hair.
if he keeps that up or anything even close, and with his normal numbers against righties, playing CF, he should win MVP.
"First batter up well here's the pitch: it's a curve. Second batter up because the first got served"
Probably purposely stopped at 2nd so he could steal 3rd.
Oh, you must know Rickie personally
Nope, close second to Cano
As long as he doesn't revert to useless against LHP, I'll be thrilled.
Haha, he did mention that 3rd was easier to steal than 2nd.
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the answer to your question is yes
he might actually be on pace to do it again this year if he keeps hitting like this. his projected stats for the year on espn have him falling 4 doubles shy of doing it again, hahaha.
http://blog.mlive.com/cutoffman/2010...fix_curti.html
couple of curtis articles.
so far he's looking pretty good vs LHP, including some pretty good ABs tonite (smash to second, 12 pitch K). what a GREAT trade !! cheers
I am very, very glad he is a Yankee.
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Several levels of awesome.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
On pace for 32 3B / 32 HR / 65 SB
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
i'll be very pleased to see he and brett close in on 35 steals. that would be sweet. batting where he is now, probably gives him more chance of stealing.
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32 triples would break the AL record by 6 and no one has done it in well over 90 years. Projecting anything this early is laughable. Nelson Cruz is on pace to hit 88 HRs and 177 RBI.
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That sounds about right. Further proving it's accuracy.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
And just to think that a poster here was pushing to get him before last year when he could have been gotten for relatively little in return...but I can't quite remember who that was.
#27and still Counting.
Was hoping for a Grand Slammerson last night. I eagerly await the next time I can use that again.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
he was untradeable before last year. the tigers were still trying to win with older players with higher salary number. The run for young arms started this offseason.
personally, i would have settled for a Granderslam.........
that was me
i said it right at the beginning of the playoffs and was laughed at and scolded for it.
Granderon was on pace for 600+ HR after his first AB, but no SB or triples. He's aging.
A fool and his money can throw one heck of a party!
I was referring to Nelson Cruz.
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Granderson & Gardner really need to have a race.
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With Jorge, just for the lulz.
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didn't look good against oliver today, although in fairness, he looked was pitching well.
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Nobody looked good against Oliver today.
Nobody's looked good against Oliver the last two years.
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With Ellsbury and Buchholz.
And in fairness, he's been adequate against lefties so far. Hopefully he can keep that up, because you know he's going to get his against RHP.
Good thing for the Tigers that A-Jax and Scherzer are off to a good start... Tigers fans might be freaking out if those guys were struggling with the way Granderson is going, and Jackson looking pretty good in Arizona.
IPK looked great in his first start, got punished in his second outing but looks really good again today so far.
This might be a three way deal where everyone makes out ok.
this makes sense, and who knows how those other guys will perform down the line, hard to judge right now. but i still see us as doing the best, not only as it looks like CG will exceed expectations all around, but also how the deal let cashman set up the rest of his offseason.......... making melky and matsui expendable, taking the pressure off re damon and paving the way for nick, which in turn (with $$ saved) paved the way for javy. big kudos to cashman on this one.
we miss grandy. but we are happy with how all the players we got in that trade are doing. see you guys in the playoffs.. (hopefully)
granderson has exceeded expectations and is a great guy. was sad to see ajax go, i hope he does well for you. coke ......... well, good luck. damon's very solid also, was surprised he didn't wind up back here at the end, and also that the tigers wound up paying him $8MM when the next best offer was reportedly around $5MM (hey, come clean, what's the local dirt ?? ....... is boras really paying half his salary ??) ........... over and out / cheers
I'm starting to see the box scores of Tiger games, and I see the Ks are starting to pile up for Jackson.
And the league hasn't even figured him out yet.
Yup. His k/PA of over 30% is uninspiring, as is the .29 BB/K ratio and the .452 BABIP. He will struggle in the near future.
Yeah, he's due for some correction. I seriously doubt he'll ever amount to more than a league average CF.
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I think he'll become a pretty good defensive CF. End up average 20-28 doubles a year.
.270 ish, 5-10 HRs, .330-350 obp. Along with a ton of Ks. Definitely not a All*Star caliber even in a league where big time CF are missing. Decent player though.
Are you involved in statistics in some way professionally? I've never heard of most of the stats you refer to.
Why is he going to hit 10-20 home runs less then is average over the past four years?
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No, not professionally. Many of the stats I refer you would recognize if you were just familiar with the abbreviationsAre you involved in statistics in some way professionally? I've never heard of most of the stats you refer to.
for example:
K/PA: percentage of plate appearances that end in strikeouts. Obviously a high percentage, like Austin Jackson's 31%, is quite bad. Average is about 20.5%.
BB/K: Walks divided by strikeouts. Obviously, you want your position players to walk a lot and strike out a little. .50 is average, making Austin Jackon's .29 quite bad. Basically, the average player strikeouts twice as often as they walk and Austin Jackson strikeouts out three times as often as he walks.
BABIP: Batting Average on Balls In Play. This is a more complex stat than BB/K and K/PA, in terms of its usage and meaning. If you want a real explanation just ask.
Another stat I use a lot
wOBA: weighted on base average. Hopefully you're familiar with OPS, which is On base [percentage] plus slugging [percentage]. One issue with OPS is that it weights slugging and on base skill equally, when on base skill has been shown to be more important. Basically, wOBA is OPS except it corrects for this issue and is placed on the scale of OBP. Extensions of this stat include wRC+, which just puts wOBA performance within the context of the league average player (100 is average, 110 is ten percent above average, etc. Also includes league adjustments)
considering he's got 2 homeruns already, I'm going to put that 5-10HR prediction in the "conservative" category.
A fool and his money can throw one heck of a party!
Huh? AJ has 0 homeruns.
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He thought that prediction was for Granderson.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
put a laptop in buccholz's hands and it's not even close
Next time the Yanks play the Sox they can have a relay around the entire warning track, instead of a baton they can use a bat.
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There's no doubt in my mind that the second the Yankees go on a three game losing streak and the bottom third of the order comes back to Earth, the nay-sayers will re-surface and demand that the team blows up the bottom third, moves Gardner back to the 4th OF role, and remove Granderson every time the Yankees face a left handed pitcher, but in the mean time...
the balance of this team is fun to watch- as opposed to the 05' or 06' Yanks that could only beat you with the long ball, the versatility of Granderson and Gardner at the bottom will truly maximize this lineup's potential. And right now, Granderson is definitely fun to watch.
Can you imagine how deadly this lineup is going to be when Tex awakens from his long winter's nap?
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