April 17, 200917 yr He was a stupid waste of a draft pick everyone said. He's going to barely hit .250 they said. Now there offering guys like Magglio and Beckett for him i love it Keep proving everyone wrong bonerface You do know he's playing like sh*t in the last 4 games, right? He's not proving anyone wrong right now.
April 18, 200917 yr He was a stupid waste of a draft pick everyone said. He's going to barely hit .250 they said. Now there offering guys like Magglio and Beckett for him i love it Keep proving everyone wrong bonerface You do know he's playing like sh*t in the last 4 games, right? He's not proving anyone wrong right now. Yep, that fraction of a season has certainly shown a lot.
April 18, 200917 yr He was a stupid waste of a draft pick everyone said. He's going to barely hit .250 they said. Now there offering guys like Magglio and Beckett for him i love it Keep proving everyone wrong bonerface You do know he's playing like sh*t in the last 4 games, right? He's not proving anyone wrong right now. Yep, that fraction of a season has certainly shown a lot. Just as much as the previous fraction that causes comments like that.
April 18, 200917 yr 2005 - 341 2006 - 375 2007 - 333 2008 - 361 gee, looks like twice to me and a third is within spitting range An unnatural spike in 31 at bats in the International League caused his OBP to go above in 2008. I think the 367 at bats where he was at .348 the majority of 2008 is much more telling. Way to try and skew stats some more.
April 18, 200917 yr 2005 - 341 2006 - 375 2007 - 333 2008 - 361 gee, looks like twice to me and a third is within spitting range An unnatural spike in 31 at bats in the International League caused his OBP to go above in 2008. I think the 367 at bats where he was at .348 the majority of 2008 is much more telling. Way to try and skew stats some more. He didn't skew anything. Those were his numbers. I'm in the same boat as you about Boni's OBP problems, but don't claim that someone is cooking the books for posting real numbers.
April 18, 200917 yr Yeah, skewing numbers is purposely rejecting numbers because they don't fit what you want to see.
April 18, 200917 yr 2005 - 341 2006 - 375 2007 - 333 2008 - 361 gee, looks like twice to me and a third is within spitting range An unnatural spike in 31 at bats in the International League caused his OBP to go above in 2008. I think the 367 at bats where he was at .348 the majority of 2008 is much more telling. Way to try and skew stats some more. He didn't skew anything. Those were his numbers. I'm in the same boat as you about Boni's OBP problems, but don't claim that someone is cooking the books for posting real numbers. I didnt say he cooked the books, just that his 31 at bats where he OBPd .500 doesnt hold as much water to me as the 367 at bats where he OBPd .348.
April 18, 200917 yr He didn't skew anything. Those were his numbers. I'm in the same boat as you about Boni's OBP problems, but don't claim that someone is cooking the books for posting real numbers. I didnt say he cooked the books, just that his 31 at bats where he OBPd .500 doesnt hold as much water to me as the 367 at bats where he OBPd .348. Albert Pujols sucks. The 291 PAs where he OBPd 1.000 distort the 350 Pa where he OBPd .000
April 18, 200917 yr Where did he compare him to albert pujols? He showed that taking away the good stats a hitter puts up will make every hitter look bad. You can't just cherry pick stats that help your cause and ignore the product as a whole.
April 18, 200917 yr The only problem with that is he needs to play his way out of it. I can be 100% wrong about this but I wonder if Fredi's pronouncement about 20-30-40 at bats started resonating in his head as he got closer to the end? What I didn't like to see was not being smart about his at bats these past couple of games, swinging really late especially on two strikes and often out of the zone, like "I gotta do something...I better swing..." when the other part of his brain was telling him not to. Indecisive, that's the word I was looking for. edit: I'd also point out that after his last DWL swoon he went on to hit like .350/.400 in his next 70+ at bats. Whether he moves down in the lineup or stays where he is, he needs to play everyday to find out what he's really all about. Look at the swoon Hanley is in, it's just about as bad (and no I am not saying they are equivalent players just a real-time example). In a post Friday morning I mentioned he needed a day off. Hopefully he used some extra time to work with Presley during the day. There was something about that swing that looked different. Can't exactly put my finger on it, but... Young player, 9 straight games with all this media attention. Resting a day seemed appropriate. Let's see what happens when he comes back Saturday. If he can get on base it should mean a good day for the hitters behind him. We all know you can get into Scotty's head. I respect your analysis on his past performances, but this could/should be a little different. Now he's working with an MLB hitting coach instead of minor league ones. Throw the minor league numbers out. His work ethic, willingness to learn, better coaching staff, and surrounded by hitters that have proven themselves so he can do some mind picking (the intangables) should make a difference. But we shall see.
April 18, 200917 yr You know Bob when I wrote that I wasn't really thinking in terms of him sitting for a day or two. The post previous was going into platooning options that included Helms and and bringing back Sanchez. I wasn't being literal (or making a demand) when I said what I said, I meant if you want a player like him with what history I know, his best chance at getting back on track was to play himself out of it as he did in the DWL. I wasn't saying "HE HAS TO PLAY EVERY DAY!!!!!", I was saying "he has to play every day"... As for a contention above that somehow I inappropriately aggregated some numbers regarding EB's minor league stats in 2008 the complainant should take note of the fact the change in teams was to a much harder league on hitters than the one he spent most of the season.
April 18, 200917 yr 0 for his last 11 with 8 strikeouts EB needs a bloop to fall in in the worst way right now
April 18, 200917 yr And now you are comparing Emilio Bonifacio to Albert Pujols. Wow. No I am not. It is called Hyperbole, it is an exaggerated statement designed to make a point (I am so hungry I could eat a horse). By using an absurdity, I can show the flaw in your reasoning. If you happen to remove ANY players best stretch of PAs, he will dramatically diminish. Not to even mention that the distinction between .348 and .350 is so minimal as to be irrelevant.
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