April 30, 200421 yr Just on a whim I went and looked what the Sox were doing in key situations. Here we go RISP Konerko .429 1 HR 9 RBI Uribe .417 0 HR 7 RBI Maggs .348 3 HR 13 RBI Willie .333 0 HR 7 RBI Valentin .286 1 HR 6 RBI Thomas .267 0 HR 4 RBI Olivo .222 0 HR 5 RBI Lee .188 0 HR 5 RBI Rowand .071 0 HR 2 RBI Close and Late Uribe .429 1 RBI Valentin .400 0 RBI Lee .286 1 HR 2 RBI Maggs .273 1 Hr 1 RBI Konerko .250 1 HR 2 RBI Crede .250 0 HR 4 RBI Rowand .125 0 RBI Harris .100 0 RBI Thomas .100 0 RBI Olivo 0-5 0 RBI
April 30, 200421 yr Juan Uribe! Is he finally showing the promise that Oakland thought he had? What do you do when Jose returns?
April 30, 200421 yr Rockies... You're right. I keep getting him and Oakland minor league phenom 2B Jose Ortiz confused. He played in Colorado, too, with Juan Uribe. I got it squared, now!
April 30, 200421 yr We should probably package Valentin and Wunsch in a trade for a pitcher, or a left handed bat off the bench. I'd hate to trade Wunsch, but where are the Sox gonna put him? (Besides, he's the Sox player rep, and we have a history of dumping our player reps.)
April 30, 200421 yr Just on a whim I went and looked what the Sox were doing in key situations. Here we go RISP Konerko .429 1 HR 9 RBI Uribe .417 0 HR 7 RBI Maggs .348 3 HR 13 RBI Willie .333 0 HR 7 RBI Valentin .286 1 HR 6 RBI Thomas .267 0 HR 4 RBI Olivo .222 0 HR 5 RBI Lee .188 0 HR 5 RBI Rowand .071 0 HR 2 RBI Runner in Scoring Position OPS Ordonez 1183 (on pace to 155 RBI) Valentin 1089 Uribe 950 Close and Late OPS: Valentin 1300 Uribe 985 Ordonez 930 Anything over 800 is considered "clutch"
April 30, 200421 yr We should probably package Valentin and Wunsch in a trade for a pitcher, or a left handed bat off the bench. I'd hate to trade Wunsch, but where are the Sox gonna put him? (Besides, he's the Sox player rep, and we have a history of dumping our player reps.) We need Valentin and his LH stick. Send Willie and Kelly
April 30, 200421 yr Author Would it be possible to see AB's in here SS2K? OK here you go. RISP Konerko .429 1 HR 9 RBI Uribe .417 0 HR 7 RBI Maggs .348 3 HR 13 RBI 23 AB Willie .333 0 HR 7 RBI 15AB Valentin .286 1 HR 6 RBI 14AB Thomas .267 0 HR 4 RBI 15AB Olivo .222 0 HR 5 RBI 9AB Lee .188 0 HR 5 RBI 16AB Rowand .071 0 HR 2 RBI 14AB Close and Late Uribe .429 1 RBI 7AB Valentin .400 0 RBI 5AB Lee .286 1 HR 2 RBI 14AB Maggs .273 1 Hr 1 RBI 11 AB Konerko .250 1 HR 2 RBI 12AB Crede .250 0 HR 4 RBI 12AB Rowand .125 0 RBI 8 AB Harris .100 0 RBI 10AB Thomas .100 0 RBI 10AB Olivo 0-5 0 RBI 5AB
April 30, 200421 yr Konerko .429 1 HR 9 RBI Uribe .417 0 HR 7 RBI Very impressed they did that with no ABs!!! (me, ducking ss2k4's swing...)
April 30, 200421 yr Author Very impressed they did that with no ABs!!! (me, ducking ss2k4's swing...) Meh me and my typing skills... PK 21 ABs Uribe 12 ABs
April 30, 200421 yr clutch is bs... read moneyball Clutch is BS? I'd like to hear a reasonable explanation on this one.
April 30, 200421 yr RISP Rowand .071 0 HR 2 RBI Close and Late Rowand .125 0 RBI Yet another reason why Jeremy Reed can't come up soon enough
April 30, 200421 yr Yet another reason why Jeremy Reed can't come up soon enough 2004 Individual Statistics - Charlotte Knights Complete through Thursday, Apr 29 Batters BA SLG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E J.Reed .338 .450 19 80 9 27 36 7 1 0 7 3 12 6 0 0 --------------------- Prior to this season Jeremy Reed was walking twice and much as he was striking out. He was walking at a pace about .8/G, and strikeing out about .4/G -- Right now he is walking at .15/G, and striking out .6/game -- That trend, coupled with his lackluster performace in spring training, makes me want him to see more time in the minors. He is only in his 3-year of Pro ball.
April 30, 200421 yr Clutch is BS? I'd like to hear a reasonable explanation on this one. That's because S-metric dorks like Bill James forget that the game is played by humans and not zombie-robots. They see a batter batting 300 with RISP one year, then 260 next and 340 the next......and think this "unhealthy" deviation indicates luck. Guess what? Even clutchest of clutch hitters go into funks, pitchers stop feeding them when ducks are on the pond, they overswing, etc. Tell the Marlin fans that I-Rod's incredible clutch-hitting that carried them into the WS last year was luck manifest.
April 30, 200421 yr Tell the Marlin fans last year that Pudge's incredible clutch-hitting that carried them into the WS was pure luck. That is the perfect example. Seriously, you couldn't have come up with a better example.
April 30, 200421 yr I could put up a good argument for both sides -- I could even refute your Pudge -- but I won't becasue I have one foot planted firmly in each camp. -- I would be interested to see what Reddy had to say though. It's always fun to hear someone elses opinions.
April 30, 200421 yr I could even refute your Pudge You see, it wouldn't matter a lick if I-Rod's career numbers with RISP are well below 2003 because nothing changes what he did in 2003. When he hit a 95mph fastball up and away to RF in a do-or-die situation in NLDS, it wasn't "luck" -- at least no more luck than him hitting that pitch in Spring Training. Some people are smarter than others. Some people are prettier. Some are more clutch. Sometimes "conventional wisdom" that Billy Caesar and his ilk despise so has survivided centuries for a good reason.
May 1, 200421 yr 2004 Individual Statistics - Charlotte Knights Complete through Thursday, Apr 29 Batters BA SLG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E J.Reed .338 .450 19 80 9 27 36 7 1 0 7 3 12 6 0 0 --------------------- Prior to this season Jeremy Reed was walking twice and much as he was striking out. He was walking at a pace about .8/G, and strikeing out about .4/G -- Right now he is walking at .15/G, and striking out .6/game -- That trend, coupled with his lackluster performace in spring training, makes me want him to see more time in the minors. He is only in his 3-year of Pro ball. Yeah he needs to work more on his plate discipline, 3 BB's and 12 K's is not a good stat to hav, but Reed's hittin betta off lefties this year as well, which was one of his minor weaknesses last season if he had 1.
May 1, 200421 yr Yeah he needs to work more on his plate discipline, 3 BB's and 12 K's is not a good stat to hav, but Reed's hittin betta off lefties this year as well, which was one of his minor weaknesses last season if he had 1. He should be in AAA, period.
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