Tough crowd.
Over and over. Easiest to find is probably the win prediction thread.
Still think they can do it too. But I'm not going to be disappointed in the regular season unless the don't make the playoffs.
My disappointment level will grow higher for every level they reach:
Win World Series no disappointment.
Win NL lose World Series disappointed
Make NL championship. Don't make World Series- more disappointed.
Don't make NL championship more disappointed
So on and so forth
He has almost 3,500 plate appearances (and will after tonight or tomorrow) and you think one injury-riddled, 350-PA season that was 100 points below his average drastically changes his career OPS?
But you know what? We'll play along. Even if you completely exclude his 2011 season, his career OPS coming into the year was .860. It's .854.
So I ask again, what sort of expectations did you have for him?
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
I thought he'd hit better than .270. A 2.3 WAR is disappointing. I'm surprised at how many boneheaded plays he makes. His defense has been fine.
I thought the change of scenery and playing in this little league park combined with relativly good health would trigger big numbers. Hasn't happened.
4th best obp in the majors
he is the leadoff hitter. it is his job to get on base and this season he is literally the best leadoff hitter on the planet in that category.
757690 (08-15-2013)
Exactly. It seemed that the prevailing view going into this season was that the Reds wouldn't win as many games as last year, but that their wasn't much competition in the division, so they would win it easily. Very few predicted the Pirates and Cards would be this good this late into the season.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
http://www.parkfactors.com/CINThis means that in the years 2010-2012, Great American Ballpark produced 107 runs for every 100 runs produced in the average MLB park, and 135 HRs for every 100 homers, for a mean Park Factor of 121.
This is an extreme hitter's park.
For 2013 it is the fifth-best park in the majors for scoring per ESPN.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor
GABP is not an "extreme" hitters park. It's a home-run hitters park, but it suppresses doubles and hits in general.
In fact, from 2006-2012, it was anywhere between 7th-18th in runs, with no more than 11% above average in a given year.
While it's certainly a hitter's park, it's really only been an "extreme" park about once in its history.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
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