Smart baserunning from Mike Cameron today. Good to see him contributing in the past few games.

I complain about Buck a lot, but lately, he has looked much better. Along with what Erick mentioned, his line drive % is up to 17.3 with his career avg. at 16.9. It was much lower than that earlier in the season, so that is a great sign. He also has more walks this year, which is also a good sign. He just needs to keep it up.

 

 

His BABIP is appallingly unfortunate considering the type of hitter he is. If he were a more career-appropriate .290 we would be looking at a guy with an OPS up around .800. An increase in line drives and walks only bodes well for his next couple of seasons. Not to mention that the team has no option that looks even possible before 2013 without going to free agency.

Triple Hayes' playing time and see how he looks, my guess would be .600 OPS before he hits the DL.

 

 

agreed.

 

and this isn't meant to knock Hayes, he's done a good job this season. It might get him some more games next season but Buck's the starter.

 

 

Bullpen gets my vote today, was a nice series. Almost back to .500, the Braves should be a good test.

Lol at batting average being sabermetrics. Zips(U) is just a projection for what BA he'll have at the end of the year, for which he already has a slow start in large part due to the BABIP.

Boner's streak continues, and our 21 year-old is now tied for 2nd in the NL for Home Runs!!!

stanton is going to break the hr record by the time his career is over if he stays healthy. the guy isw gonna come close to hitting 40 hr's and 100 rbi's at 21.

Lol at batting average being sabermetrics. Zips(U) is just a projection for what BA he'll have at the end of the year, for which he already has a slow start in large part due to the BABIP.

 

his babip is low because he hits a weak grounder or pop up every time. not much luck involved there.

Stanton@RFK: 46 AB, 51, TB, 8 HR, 14 RBI, 1.627 OPS

 

 

 

jeeeeeesus f***ing christ

Stanton@RFK: 46 AB, 51, TB, 8 HR, 14 RBI, 1.627 OPS

 

 

 

jeeeeeesus f***ing christ

 

Did the Nats Minor League teams play in RFK?

ah, I forgot they got a new park.

well those are his stats at Nationals Park

8 HR's on 12 games in DC. Mike Stanton owns that park. Good to see the team playing some respectable ball again.

Lol at batting average being sabermetrics. Zips(U) is just a projection for what BA he'll have at the end of the year, for which he already has a slow start in large part due to the BABIP.

 

his babip is low because he hits a weak grounder or pop up every time. not much luck involved there.It's low relative on HIS LINE DRIVE line drive percentage. So, you're wrong.

stanton is going to break the hr record by the time his career is over if he stays healthy. the guy isw gonna come close to hitting 40 hr's and 100 rbi's at 21.

 

 

With the way he started the year (homer-less first 15 games), it's remarkable how easily he's gonna pass 30.

Lol at batting average being sabermetrics. Zips(U) is just a projection for what BA he'll have at the end of the year, for which he already has a slow start in large part due to the BABIP.

 

his babip is low because he hits a weak grounder or pop up every time. not much luck involved there.It's low relative on HIS LINE DRIVE line drive percentage. So, you're wrong.

 

 

Hey! That is what I was going to say.

EW: Minus all the typos, though, I'm sure XD

That's not sabermetrics? You said sabermetrics say he'll never hit more than .240.

 

If anything, sabermetrics say he has an unfortunate .257 .BABIP this year. Plus, if he gets up to .240-.250 with the batting average, that's more productive than the .240's of year's past because he's walking at a decent rate this year.

 

You're also not taking into consideration that he's a catcher. Despite how terrible his year might seem, he has a 1.5 WAR. There aren't many good everyday catchers in the big leagues.

 

 

If you're a sabermetrics guy, you'd see that Brett Hayes numbers are not sustainable. He has a .333 .BABIP (entering the day), a 5.1 BB%, and a ~27K%. The .BABIP is almost impossible to sustain and the K/BB ratio is just horrible. Start him every day, and you'll wish John Buck was back there again.

 

You're basing your opinion on Hayes based on the fact that he's been productive over the course of 80+ plate appearances. That's not a telling sample.

 

That's basically only a month of playing. John Buck has had good months, too. As a matter of fact, John Buck's numbers are trending upward as he's been more productive each and every month. Since you seem to like small samples, Buck has posted a very nice .766 .OPS (.262/.351/.415) in 72 plate appearances this month.

 

 

Buck has sucked this year, to deny that or claim otherwise is silly.

 

He is in below average in so many different offensive and defensive categories.

 

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 14th of 19 in BA at .226. Below average.

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 15th of 19 in OBP at .307. Below average.

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 15th of 19 in SLG at .377. Below average.

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 6th of 19 in SO with 70. Below average.

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 15th of 19 in Runs with 30. Below average.

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 7th of 19 in GDP with 10. Below average.

 

Of catchers with 250 PA he ranks 13th of 19 in WAR at 1.5. Below average.

 

Hell even J.P. Arencibia has a WAR of 0.8 so that 1.5 isn't that good.

 

 

His defense is worse.

 

Of those 19 catchers he is 3rd in Passed Balls at 7. Below average

 

and the worst stat he is last in throwing our runners at 16% CS thats 61 SB and 12 CS. Terrible!

 

What does line drive % have to do with anything? His LD% doesn't tell me anything it's been higher and lower throughout his career.

 

All this being said with limited numbers Hayes has done better but I would also venture to say he would be doing better than Buck if he had similar PA and stars... of course I could be wrong.

It is possible that Brett Hayes, after 6 full years of being almost entirely incompetent against minor league pitching, has figured out how to hit major league pitching and it's not just a good 82 PAs fueled by a high BABIP and small sample size fluctuations.

 

It flies in the face of almost all baseball wisdom and doesn't make any logical sense, but I'm sure it's possible.

BRAVES LOST! 8.5 games back of the WC!! We have a small chance!

I'm so confused.... why didn't Leo get a save?

 

He came in with a 3 run lead in the ninth and ended it... where's his save?

I still can't get over the fact that Emilioooooo is leading this team in BA near the end of July.

I'm so confused.... why didn't Leo get a save?

 

He came in with a 3 run lead in the ninth and ended it... where's his save?

 

 

Saves:

Rule 10.20 in the Official Rule Book states:

Credit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions:

(1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and

(2) He is not the winning pitcher; and

(3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions:

- (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or

- (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces; or

- © He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/m...regulations.jsp