April 9, 201412 yr http://www.therunnersports.com/2014/04/09/solve-problem-like-miami-marlins-first-baseman-garrett-jones/ I don't know what happened with the end of this article. I apologize in advance to those of you who read it.
April 10, 201412 yr Well, it's not like 99.99% of people watching baseball don't know this. I mean, it pretty obvious that it should have been done from the start. Unfortunately, that 0.01% consists primarily of the marlins coaching and front office staff.
April 10, 201412 yr I know a lot of musicals, but I didn't get the reference Nice write-up, though. By the way, this was unclear: "The Marlins have faced an oddly high number of lefties in the early going, with five of their first eight games coming against left handed starting pitchers (De La Rosa, Anderson, and Morales in the Rockies series; Stults in the Padres series, and Gonzalez to open the Nationals series.) Garrett Jones has started all eight of these games, where the numbers say he should only have started three." It sounds like "these games" in the second sentence is referring to the "five" games in the first sentence.
April 10, 201412 yr I know a lot of musicals, but I didn't get the reference Nice write-up, though. By the way, this was unclear: "The Marlins have faced an oddly high number of lefties in the early going, with five of their first eight games coming against left handed starting pitchers (De La Rosa, Anderson, and Morales in the Rockies series; Stults in the Padres series, and Gonzalez to open the Nationals series.) Garrett Jones has started all eight of these games, where the numbers say he should only have started three." It sounds like "these games" in the second sentence is referring to the "five" games in the first sentence. Not sure what the problem is here? "These games" is referring to all eight games played. He does say "Five" in the first sentence, but that's promptly followed by "of their first eight".
April 10, 201412 yr Not sure what the problem is here? "These games" is referring to all eight games played. He does say "Five" in the first sentence, but that's promptly followed by "of their first eight". I don't know what it's called, but it's as if the "five" is the subject and the "of their first eight" is just modifying it.
April 10, 201412 yr Obvious? I don't think so. As Hutton mentioned at the point in the 5/9 game when Jones got another hit against a lefty, he was then 4 for 15 against lefties. .267. Not horrible. Not 2 for 20. Not obvious. Now, 15 ABs are statistically meaningless, as meaningless as were 20 ABs against lefties last year. But, I have no problem with the Marlins giving him enough rope to see if he hangs himself against lefties. So far he hasn't. He may, but if he does it'll take months to prove it, so he's gonna continue to start, regardless of who's pitching. If he can keep it up, say at least .250 against lefties while mashing right-handers, he's a big asset.
April 10, 201412 yr I know a lot of musicals, but I didn't get the reference Nice write-up, though. By the way, this was unclear: "The Marlins have faced an oddly high number of lefties in the early going, with five of their first eight games coming against left handed starting pitchers (De La Rosa, Anderson, and Morales in the Rockies series; Stults in the Padres series, and Gonzalez to open the Nationals series.) Garrett Jones has started all eight of these games, where the numbers say he should only have started three." It sounds like "these games" in the second sentence is referring to the "five" games in the first sentence. It's in the article's title. From West Side Story, I believe, the song How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
April 10, 201412 yr Obvious? I don't think so. As Hutton mentioned at the point in the 5/9 game when Jones got another hit against a lefty, he was then 4 for 15 against lefties. .267. Not horrible. Not 2 for 20. Not obvious. Now, 15 ABs are statistically meaningless, as meaningless as were 20 ABs against lefties last year. But, I have no problem with the Marlins giving him enough rope to see if he hangs himself against lefties. So far he hasn't. He may, but if he does it'll take months to prove it, so he's gonna continue to start, regardless of who's pitching. If he can keep it up, say at least .250 against lefties while mashing right-handers, he's a big asset. His career stats against lefties are pretty clear evidence that he can't hit them. I don't understand why they think he will suddenly put it together now.
April 10, 201412 yr Author New hitting coach showed him how to hit the ball. Or, maybe even...where to hit it?
April 10, 201412 yr His career stats against lefties are pretty clear evidence that he can't hit them. I don't understand why they think he will suddenly put it together now. Exactly. It's downright ridiculous to think after all this time he will start magically hitting lefties. One of those 4 hits was a bunt to a wide open 3b so if you take that away his avg is down to .200 which is far more accurate of where he'll be the rest of the season against them. He's also a terrible defender.
April 10, 201412 yr Well, Washington wants to move Zimmerman to first base, let's trade for LaRoche! [No I'm not being serious]
April 10, 201412 yr Obvious? I don't think so. As Hutton mentioned at the point in the 5/9 game when Jones got another hit against a lefty, he was then 4 for 15 against lefties. .267. Not horrible. Not 2 for 20. Not obvious. Now, 15 ABs are statistically meaningless, as meaningless as were 20 ABs against lefties last year. But, I have no problem with the Marlins giving him enough rope to see if he hangs himself against lefties. So far he hasn't. He may, but if he does it'll take months to prove it, so he's gonna continue to start, regardless of who's pitching. If he can keep it up, say at least .250 against lefties while mashing right-handers, he's a big asset. If you say so, Jeffrey.
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