Paul Janish. Why doesn't he have enough bat for MLB SS?

[reds44]

Not a chance.

[edabbs44]

Originally Posted by _Sir_Charles_

Fine. I'll be the lone outcast. No problem. I STILL feel that he'll right the ship and put together a solid season once it's all said and done. I still think he'll get his 20-ish doubles, 40-60 bb's and hit around .250-ish. But I'm apparently delusional according to most here. Okie-dokie.

Fairly delusional. He'd have to go on a tear.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by _Sir_Charles_

Fine. I'll be the lone outcast. No problem. I STILL feel that he'll right the ship and put together a solid season once it's all said and done. I still think he'll get his 20-ish doubles, 40-60 bb's and hit around .250-ish. But I'm apparently delusional according to most here. Okie-dokie.

It takes oxygen to feed a fire.

You sir are providing it.

[757690]

Bruce in 2010: 42 PA - .376 OPS

Phillips in 2010: 79 PA - .341 OPS

Pujols in 2011: 36 PA - .351 OPS


Obviously these guys have a better track record than Janish, but I really don't see what's interesting about a low OPS over a few dozen PA's beyond the bearded lady phenomenon.

[edabbs44]

Originally Posted by 757690

Bruce in 2010: 42 PA - .376 OPS

Phillips in 2010: 79 PA - .341 OPS

Pujols in 2011: 36 PA - .351 OPS


Obviously these guys have a better track record than Janish, but I really don't see what's interesting about a low OPS over a few dozen PA's beyond the bearded lady phenomenon.

How about the .500 OPS over 140 or however many PAs?

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by _Sir_Charles_

Fine. I'll be the lone outcast. No problem. I STILL feel that he'll right the ship and put together a solid season once it's all said and done. I still think he'll get his 20-ish doubles, 40-60 bb's and hit around .250-ish. But I'm apparently delusional according to most here. Okie-dokie.

Agreed. Only thing he might miss are the counting stats depending on renteria's playing time.

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[757690]

Originally Posted by edabbs44

How about the .500 OPS over 140 or however many PAs?

Much more meaningful, but still I could probably find even more examples of solid MLB hitters who pulled that off too.

I am beginning to be be bearish about Janish's final numbers, but there still is a lot of evidence that supports him being a league average SS overall over a full season. That would result from him fielding his career numbers and OPSing around .650.

I think he can do that. He might not do that this season, but that doesn't mean he can't.

[OnBaseMachine]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Paul Janish has a .283 OPS in May in 64 PA.

Wow. I knew he had been awful but didn't realize it was that bad.

[Quatitos]

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Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but thought it would be useful for this conversation.