May 16, 200422 yr catcher Josh Willingham went 2/4 last night with 1 run, 2rbi, and a homerun(7) his average is up to .240(he was at .205 just last week) for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521
May 16, 200422 yr catcher Josh Willingham went 2/4 last night with 1 run, 2rbi, and a homerun(7) his average is up to .240(he was at .205 just last week) for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 He is getting called up around the all star break. I can feel it.
May 16, 200422 yr I'd send Castro to AAA. Really, this is getting absurd. And I know he doesn't have any options, but if some team wants to claim him, so be it.
May 16, 200422 yr Author catcher Josh Willingham went 2/4 last night with 1 run, 2rbi, and a homerun(7) his average is up to .240(he was at .205 just last week) for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 He is getting called up around the all star break. I can feel it. maybe even earlier
May 16, 200422 yr Author I'd send Castro to AAA. Really, this is getting absurd. And I know he doesn't have any options, but if some team wants to claim him, so be it. agreed
May 16, 200422 yr catcher Josh Willingham went 2/4 last night with 1 run, 2rbi, and a homerun(7) his average is up to .240(he was at .205 just last week) for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 He is getting called up around the all star break. I can feel it. maybe even earlier if we really need him-we will call him up earlier.
May 16, 200422 yr Author Who's Willingham? no idea me neither never heard of him... yea, um I was being sarcastic
May 16, 200422 yr I thought he was in Double A. and a .240 average. I say hell no. He does not know the pitchers very well, that could lead to a bad mix. Unless he improves that average to well over .300 by the all star break, I'm not sold on him. Castro could hit .240 in double A or even triple A at that. The only way the marlins improve at catcher is through some sort of trade. Castro does need to go though.
May 16, 200422 yr I thought he was in Double A. and a .240 average. I say hell no. He does not know the pitchers very well, that could lead to a bad mix. Unless he improves that average to well over .300 by the all star break, I'm not sold on him. Castro could hit .240 in double A or even triple A at that. The only way the marlins improve at catcher is through some sort of trade. Castro does need to go though. You're kidding right? Even if a guy is batting .330 in AA he's not gonna bat anywhere near that in the majors. Look at Cabs. EVERYONE will have to adjust. And we're not basing his play on this year only anyway.
May 16, 200422 yr Who's Willingham? no idea me neither never heard of him... yea, um I was being sarcastic And so was I!
May 16, 200422 yr I thought he was in Double A. and a .240 average. I say hell no. He does not know the pitchers very well, that could lead to a bad mix. Unless he improves that average to well over .300 by the all star break, I'm not sold on him. Castro could hit .240 in double A or even triple A at that. The only way the marlins improve at catcher is through some sort of trade. Castro does need to go though. You're kidding right? Even if a guy is batting .330 in AA he's not gonna bat anywhere near that in the majors. Look at Cabs. EVERYONE will have to adjust. And we're not basing his play on this year only anyway. So everyone coming out of AA will be the man in the majors. Cabs had a much higher average. I still say trade is the best option. If a guy batting .330 doesnt bat anywhere near that in the majors what happens to a guy in the mid .200s
May 16, 200422 yr I thought he was in Double A. and a .240 average. I say hell no. He does not know the pitchers very well, that could lead to a bad mix. Unless he improves that average to well over .300 by the all star break, I'm not sold on him. Castro could hit .240 in double A or even triple A at that. The only way the marlins improve at catcher is through some sort of trade. Castro does need to go though. You're kidding right? Even if a guy is batting .330 in AA he's not gonna bat anywhere near that in the majors. Look at Cabs. EVERYONE will have to adjust. And we're not basing his play on this year only anyway. So everyone coming out of AA will be the man in the majors. Cabs had a much higher average. I still say trade is the best option. If a guy batting .330 doesnt bat anywhere near that in the majors what happens to a guy in the mid .200s That wasn't the point I was making. I meant that it doesn't matter what they do in the minors. All that does is give them a spot on a major league team. But when they get called up, it's a completely new season for them. You have no idea what they're gonna do. So stop acting like .240 is bad because even if he did hit .240 in the majors, it's was better than Castro's .150.
May 16, 200422 yr I thought he was in Double A. and a .240 average. I say hell no. He does not know the pitchers very well, that could lead to a bad mix. Unless he improves that average to well over .300 by the all star break, I'm not sold on him. Castro could hit .240 in double A or even triple A at that. The only way the marlins improve at catcher is through some sort of trade. Castro does need to go though. You're kidding right? Even if a guy is batting .330 in AA he's not gonna bat anywhere near that in the majors. Look at Cabs. EVERYONE will have to adjust. And we're not basing his play on this year only anyway. So everyone coming out of AA will be the man in the majors. Cabs had a much higher average. I still say trade is the best option. If a guy batting .330 doesnt bat anywhere near that in the majors what happens to a guy in the mid .200s That wasn't the point I was making. I meant that it doesn't matter what they do in the minors. All that does is give them a spot on a major league team. But when they get called up, it's a completely new season for them. You have no idea what they're gonna do. So stop acting like .240 is bad because even if he did hit .240 in the majors, it's was better than Castro's .150. It is a new season but it doesn't necessarily mean he will actually bat better than .150. What about his defense? I'm not sure but isn't he new to the catcher position. Anyways he could be an option, if he comes up and tears up fantastic. I just don't feel very confident with him yet, but then again you're right he can't be much worse than Castro. We still have Red who can't play every day, but once he is healthy he should play more then if he struggles MAYBE call Willingham up if a trade is not an option.
May 16, 200422 yr for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 A .139 differential in average and obp? Bring him up.
May 17, 200422 yr Author for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 A .139 differential in average and obp? Bring him up. he's got a pretty good eye
May 17, 200422 yr catcher Josh Willingham went 2/4 last night with 1 run, 2rbi, and a homerun(7) his average is up to .240(he was at .205 just last week) for all you other statheads, his obp is .379 and his sluggin is .521 He is getting called up around the all star break. I can feel it. maybe even earlier if we really need him-we will call him up earlier. Thank you Captain Obvious
May 17, 200422 yr He went 0-2 with 2 walks today. The guy is a walk machine, but I don't think there is any way he gets called up until he gets that batting average up near .300, he's at .235 right now. . Pitchers have a little bit better command of the strike zone in the big leagues.
May 17, 200422 yr We cant send Ramon down b/c he is out of options. Only way it can happen is if we waive him and no one claims him but you know some team will pick him up and give him a shot.
May 17, 200422 yr He went 0-2 with 2 walks today. The guy is a walk machine, but I don't think there is any way he gets called up until he gets that batting average up near .300, he's at .235 right now. . Pitchers have a little bit better command of the strike zone in the big leagues. He's not going to hit for average. Just like Choi he slugs and gets on base through walks. If a guy can hit .240 and still get on base 38% of his plate appearances thats pretty damned valuable. And just to be anal slugging % and OBP % are not for stat-heads. One tells how much of the time a player is on base. the other how many bases a player hits for per plate appearance. Pretty basic stuff.
May 17, 200422 yr He went 0-2 with 2 walks today. The guy is a walk machine, but I don't think there is any way he gets called up until he gets that batting average up near .300, he's at .235 right now. . Pitchers have a little bit better command of the strike zone in the big leagues. He's not going to hit for average. Just like Choi he slugs and gets on base through walks. If a guy can hit .240 and still get on base 38% of his plate appearances thats pretty damned valuable. And just to be anal slugging % and OBP % are not for stat-heads. One tells how much of the time a player is on base. the other how many bases a player hits for per plate appearance. Pretty basic stuff. I'm talking about above .250 in AA. I mean if he can't hit over .250 in AA then he's not going to hit over .200 in the big leagues. He's not going to make up for it as much with walks either because pitchers have better command of the strike zone in the majors.
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