August 1, 201213 yr Ok here's Morrison's splits, courtesy of Baseball Reference.com Pre-eduardo 2010. Bats .283, .837 ops 2011 April. Bats .327, 1.061 ops 2011 may. Bats .313, .912 ops Post-Eduardo 2011 June. Bats .200, .617 ops 2011 July. Bats .212, .733 ops 2011 aug. Bats .219, .702 ops 2011 sep/oct. Bats .264, 904 ops 2012. Bats .230, 707 ops Just a coincidence that he started sucking just after Eduardo is hired on June 8, 2011?
August 1, 201213 yr Ok here's Morrison's splits, courtesy of Baseball Reference.com Pre-eduardo 2010. Bats .283, .837 ops 2011 April. Bats .327, 1.061 ops 2011 may. Bats .313, .912 ops Post-Eduardo 2011 June. Bats .200, .617 ops 2011 July. Bats .212, .733 ops 2011 aug. Bats .219, .702 ops 2011 sep/oct. Bats .264, 904 ops 2012. Bats .230, 707 ops Just a coincidence that he started sucking just after Eduardo is hired on June 8, 2011? Maybe he is just a bust. Its hard to pin numbers on one man. Morrison still hasnt executed. Perez wasn't around when he was in the minors and in high school. Hes a grown man and has to make adjustments on his own. I dont fully blame his lack of production on the injury but most people will use that as a scapegoat for how pitiful he was this year. Only next year will we see for sure though....
August 1, 201213 yr Now Gaby: Pre-Eduardo 2010. Bats .273 .788 ops apr 2011. Bats .293. .835 ops May 2011. Bats .345. .993 ops Post-Eduardo Jun 2011. Bats .240. .712 ops July 2011. Bats .261 .799 ops Aug 2011. Bats .189. 519 ops Sep/oct 2011. Bats .250. .770 ops 2012. Bats .202. .556 ops Still think it isn't Eduardo's fault?
August 1, 201213 yr In fairness, Hanley did suck the first part of last year and was hitting .293 last July under Eduardo (then he got hurt).
August 1, 201213 yr Ok here's Morrison's splits, courtesy of Baseball Reference.com Pre-eduardo 2010. Bats .283, .837 ops 2011 April. Bats .327, 1.061 ops 2011 may. Bats .313, .912 ops Post-Eduardo 2011 June. Bats .200, .617 ops 2011 July. Bats .212, .733 ops 2011 aug. Bats .219, .702 ops 2011 sep/oct. Bats .264, 904 ops 2012. Bats .230, 707 ops Just a coincidence that he started sucking just after Eduardo is hired on June 8, 2011? He also has been injured- don't you remember why he didn't play much in May 2011? Couldn't have his injury just slowed him up- much like this years knee issue.
August 1, 201213 yr I love this trade for two reasons: 1) the pick 2) No gaby sanchez means one less player to f*ck with LoMo's chances of taking over 1B next season. I'm still not sold on Lomo. Far from it.
August 1, 201213 yr I'm not sold on LoMo either. Hes really changed since 2010 when he had a .390 OBP. I remember he used to be called 2-0 LoMo cause he seemed to always be ahead in the count (often 2-0) & always had good professional at bats making the pitcher work. Then the next season he hit .247 & this season hes hit .230...What happened? I don't wanna call LoMo's production in 2010 a "fluke" but his BABIP that season was .351...Pretty darn high.
August 1, 201213 yr His minor league numbers [i can't find BABIP] indicate 2010 was not at all a fluke. .290/.381/.464/.845 over a few seasons isn't bad at all, good even. I think he'll get back to it, at some point. Walks will come back, power will be there still, maybe he just needs a nice reality check or something. Maybe shut down Twitter for a while [not that it makes any difference, I'm sure]. The knee problems haven't helped, hopefully he'll finally have a fully healthy knee next year. *shrug*
August 1, 201213 yr It's hard to say what ails Lomo -- his knee or lack of ability to adjust. Now that he's been around for a while, there's a well-developed book of his weaknesses and pitchers in general are taking good advantage of it. It's up to him to adjust to that. At the same time, if you experience pain every time you swing, that's not so easy to do. He's admitted that he's never been more than 80% all year, usually less -- and obviously a lot less. So, it's not surprising that his numbers suck canal water. Time to get surgically repaired and come back next year for a full year at 100%. Only after he does that can anyone form any conclusion that means anything. "Playing hurt" hasn't accomplished anything, much as he prides himself on doing it.
August 1, 201213 yr I think it's been reported that Eduardo Perez has been "working with" Morrison to make him more of a power hitter. This seems to be a bad strategy--from 2010 to now Morrison's GB% has decreased while the FB% has increased. The result seems to be that he makes weaker contact and more outs, which basically negates the occasional home run. This also appears to have killed his walk rate, which was really good in 2010. I wouldn't necessarily expect that a surgically repaired knee will suddenly bring him to form. I do think that he could improve if he adopts a new approach.
August 1, 201213 yr IDK why Ozzie didn't ever move guys around to try and get them to change their approach a little at least. Remember, in 2010, Morrison batted 2nd more-so than anywhere else in the lineup, and his approach remained strong, he drew his walks, thought opposite field, and he had the extra base power [the 20 doubles and 7 triples were very nice]. There were 16 games where he batted third, and he seemed to go away from his approach. Batting second, he hit .320 with an OBP of .433 [46 games, 217 PA's] and the slugging was there. [.947 OPS] Batting 3rd, .175/.257/.254/.511 in 70 PA's. I understand he's supposed to be a #3 guy [or he projected to be that eventually?], but #2 is where he was very, very comfortable, it seemed. I'm sure Eduardo trying to make him a "power hitter" doesn't help, either, as penguino mentioned.
August 1, 201213 yr IDK why Ozzie didn't ever move guys around to try and get them to change their approach a little at least. Remember, in 2010, Morrison batted 2nd more-so than anywhere else in the lineup, and his approach remained strong, he drew his walks, thought opposite field, and he had the extra base power [the 20 doubles and 7 triples were very nice]. There were 16 games where he batted third, and he seemed to go away from his approach. Batting second, he hit .320 with an OBP of .433 [46 games, 217 PA's] and the slugging was there. [.947 OPS] Batting 3rd, .175/.257/.254/.511 in 70 PA's. I understand he's supposed to be a #3 guy [or he projected to be that eventually?], but #2 is where he was very, very comfortable, it seemed. I'm sure Eduardo trying to make him a "power hitter" doesn't help, either, as penguino mentioned. Where you bat in the order definitely affects you. I also follow the O's alot because of my bff and since Markakis has been moved to leadoff for the O's he's been ridiculous. It's just one of several examples. Go with Boni, Lomo, Reyes, Stanton, Ruggz and see what happens.
August 1, 201213 yr Where you bat in the order definitely affects you. I also follow the O's alot because of my bff and since Markakis has been moved to leadoff for the O's he's been ridiculous. It's just one of several examples. Go with Boni, Lomo, Reyes, Stanton, Ruggz and see what happens. That lineup would actually be interesting assuming Ruggiano stays at around an .800 OPS next season. Morrison might not be back this year. We'd have to see. EDIT - also looked up Markakis' splits since batting 1st, that's pretty awesome. A huge difference. Could do with drawing a few more walks, but in due time, of course.
August 1, 201213 yr Where you bat in the order definitely affects you. I also follow the O's alot because of my bff and since Markakis has been moved to leadoff for the O's he's been ridiculous. It's just one of several examples. Go with Boni, Lomo, Reyes, Stanton, Ruggz and see what happens. That lineup would actually be interesting assuming Ruggiano stays at around an .800 OPS next season. Morrison might not be back this year. We'd have to see. EDIT - also looked up Markakis' splits since batting 1st, that's pretty awesome. A huge difference. Could do with drawing a few more walks, but in due time, of course.What would be interesting about it? To see how well it would work out.
August 1, 201213 yr His minor league numbers [i can't find BABIP] indicate 2010 was not at all a fluke. .290/.381/.464/.845 over a few seasons isn't bad at all, good even. I think he'll get back to it, at some point. Walks will come back, power will be there still, maybe he just needs a nice reality check or something. Maybe shut down Twitter for a while [not that it makes any difference, I'm sure]. The knee problems haven't helped, hopefully he'll finally have a fully healthy knee next year. *shrug* In 2010 at AAA in 68 games he had a .335 BABIP. In 2009 in 79 games at AA he had a .307 BABIP & in 2008 in 130 games at A+ he has a .372 BABIP. But in 2011 his BABIP was just .265 & this season just .248-so maybe hes just been unfortunate? I'm not really sure how to interpret this stuff but think there's something to be said about how his BABIP was so high & has dropped so low...
August 1, 201213 yr lomo saw 4.11 pitches per plate appearance in 2010, 3.99 last year, and 3.94 this year FWIW I think it could just be part of his development and learning how to hit for power and average in the big leagues. First he hit for average and OBP, then added power at the expense of both of those. I tihkn next year is the barometer for him. IF he doesnt put it all together i think it could be getting toward the end of his marlins career, that is a big if however.
August 1, 201213 yr lomo saw 4.11 pitches per plate appearance in 2010, 3.99 last year, and 3.94 this year FWIW I think it could just be part of his development and learning how to hit for power and average in the big leagues. First he hit for average and OBP, then added power at the expense of both of those. I tihkn next year is the barometer for him. IF he doesnt put it all together i think it could be getting toward the end of his marlins career, that is a big if however. I agree, next year is definitely a big year for LoMo. But as I've suggested and others and even sports writers, part of the benefit of shipping Gaby Sanchez out is just clearing 1B for LoMo. Let him focus on hitting, let him play his natural position, let him not run after fly balls in the OF. If he recovers during the offseason and plays the whole time at 1B and is still producing like he was this season, then it's time to seriously worry about LoMo.
August 1, 201213 yr so gorkys is gettin hanleys old number huh And Cox will get Dominguez's old number.
August 1, 201213 yr Now Gaby: Pre-Eduardo 2010. Bats .273 .788 ops apr 2011. Bats .293. .835 ops May 2011. Bats .345. .993 ops Post-Eduardo Jun 2011. Bats .240. .712 ops July 2011. Bats .261 .799 ops Aug 2011. Bats .189. 519 ops Sep/oct 2011. Bats .250. .770 ops 2012. Bats .202. .556 ops Still think it isn't Eduardo's fault? I'm not sure if it's this mess (our lack of hitting) is Eduardo's fault or not. None of us can really because we are not in the club house everyday, and we don't get to see everything that goes on off of the cameras. However, I will say this. They have a hitting coach for a reason. If one wasn't needed they wouldn't just pay a salary for the sake of it. With that said I can't think of one player that has gotten better under his time with Eduardo. They all have seemed to regress with the exception of Stanton. Just from watching the games, I do think that Perez is in their heads. He has them thinking way too much up there. I can't remember watching a Marlins season when I have been more frustrated over looking a called third strikes. Instead of letting them relax and react to a pitch, they are guessing at every pitch. I just seems to me that he is over coaching. I think a ""see it and hit"" approach will help clear their minds. One last thing. I do agree with DCFISHFAN. Just based on the results, I think it's time for Perez to go. The results just aren't there so it's time to move on. It's his job to make sure they are hitting and they haven't hit a lick since he's been here.
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