Small sample size alert and yatta yatta yatta. The first two columns are 2011 P/PA and 2012 P/PA. Third column is the difference and the fourth column is 2012 OPS.Code:hitter 2011 2012 diff ops phllips 3.71 4.36 0.65 0.586 ludwick 3.71 4.07 0.36 0.660 votto 4.02 4.31 0.29 0.915 cairo 3.68 3.80 0.12 0.422 bruce 3.95 3.98 0.03 0.720 rolen 3.68 3.57 -0.11 0.353 valdez 3.42 3.26 -0.16 0.474 cozart 3.84 3.61 -0.23 0.969 stubbs 3.96 3.66 -0.30 0.377 heisey 3.72 3.39 -0.33 0.554 hanigan 4.19 3.84 -0.35 0.462 mesraco 3.47 2.38 -1.09 0.481 harris 4.00 2.89 -1.11 0.229
Looks like a mixed bag to me. 5 players being more patient. With 8 players being less so. Harris and Mesoraco are way down. Quite possibly these two players are pressing. That is what I would go with.
Interesting to note that of the 8 players that are exercising less patience so far in 2012, 7 of them are OPSing .554 or less. In other words, they are stinking up the joint. Cozart is the only exception to this rule.
I don't think much can be made of this but since I went through the trouble of getting the info together and making a spreadsheet, I figured it wouldn't hurt to throw it out there.
