May 9, 200817 yr He is batting .165, has an OPS of .615 and leads the MLB with 51 K's. Long slump? Injury? or something else?
May 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (RME JICO @ May 9, 2008 -> 04:30 PM) He is batting .165, has an OPS of .615 and leads the MLB with 51 K's. Long slump? Injury? or something else? I'm going with an off year is my guess. A lot of players, especially young ones will have a year that you kind of just scratch your head at. I think this will be Howard's year to just not put up huge numbers. Predicted finish .242 with 28 hrs.
May 9, 200817 yr It's been a strange season thus far. A lot of big names under .775. Troy Tulowitzki - .464 OPS Robinson Cano - .523 OPS Andruw Jones - .543 OPS Orlando Cabrera - .543 OPS Jose Guillen - .556 OPS Khalil Green - .558 OPS Delmon Young - .612 OPS Nick Swisher - .636 OPS Travis Hafner - .640 OPS Austin Kearns - .641 OPS Geoff Jenkins - .641 OPS Tad Iguchi - .645 OPS Carlos Delgado - .670 OPS Gary Sheffield - .681 OPS Ryan Garko - .683 OPS Troy Glaus - .686 OPS Ryan Zimmerman - .687 OPS Carl Crawford - .691 OPS Ken Griffey Jr - .695 OPS Edgar Renteria - .696 OPS Derek Jeter - .699 OPS Bill Hall - .711 OPS Carlos Pena - .713 OPS Hunter Pence - .717 OPS Ichiro Suzuki - .718 OPS Carlos Gomez - .720 OPS Ryan Braun - .733 OPS Richie Sexson - .738 OPS Carlos Beltran - .745 OPS James Loney - .746 OPS Jeff Francoeur - .746 OPS Brian Roberts - .748 OPS Paul Konerko - .750 OPS Jose Reyes - .753 OPS Jeff Kent - .758 OPS Mark Teixeira - .760 OPS Corey Hart - .762 OPS Vlad Guerrero - .765 OPS Ian Kinsler - .767 OPS Jim Thome - .768 OPS Prince Fielder - .769 OPS David Ortiz - .774 OPS
May 9, 200817 yr Howard started off real slow last year too. Then when it counted when second half started he lit it up.
May 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 9, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) I'm going with an off year is my guess. A lot of players, especially young ones will have a year that you kind of just scratch your head at. I think this will be Howard's year to just not put up huge numbers. Predicted finish .242 with 28 hrs. He's really not all that young.
May 9, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 9, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) It's been a strange season thus far. A lot of big names under .775. Troy Tulowitzki - .464 OPS Robinson Cano - .523 OPS Andruw Jones - .543 OPS Orlando Cabrera - .543 OPS Jose Guillen - .556 OPS Khalil Green - .558 OPS Delmon Young - .612 OPS Nick Swisher - .636 OPS Travis Hafner - .640 OPS Austin Kearns - .641 OPS Geoff Jenkins - .641 OPS Tad Iguchi - .645 OPS Carlos Delgado - .670 OPS Gary Sheffield - .681 OPS Ryan Garko - .683 OPS Troy Glaus - .686 OPS Ryan Zimmerman - .687 OPS Carl Crawford - .691 OPS Ken Griffey Jr - .695 OPS Edgar Renteria - .696 OPS Derek Jeter - .699 OPS Bill Hall - .711 OPS Carlos Pena - .713 OPS Hunter Pence - .717 OPS Ichiro Suzuki - .718 OPS Carlos Gomez - .720 OPS Ryan Braun - .733 OPS Richie Sexson - .738 OPS Carlos Beltran - .745 OPS James Loney - .746 OPS Jeff Francoeur - .746 OPS Brian Roberts - .748 OPS Paul Konerko - .750 OPS Jose Reyes - .753 OPS Jeff Kent - .758 OPS Mark Teixeira - .760 OPS Corey Hart - .762 OPS Vlad Guerrero - .765 OPS Ian Kinsler - .767 OPS Jim Thome - .768 OPS Prince Fielder - .769 OPS David Ortiz - .774 OPS I didn't realize it was so many players. Hafner is a shock too, you have to wonder about Pronk.
May 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (RME JICO @ May 9, 2008 -> 03:12 PM) I didn't realize it was so many players. Hafner is a shock too, you have to wonder about Pronk. funny, i just asked that same thing in the al central thread. I can't tell if he's slumping or just overrated, but BBTN did a pretty comparison of his stance and swing, how it's changed this season.
May 9, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ May 9, 2008 -> 04:00 PM) Howard started off real slow last year too. Then when it counted when second half started he lit it up. Yeah but he was playing injured and eventually went on the DL and missed 12 games in May. Also, he is batting worse in May .143 than he did in April (.168).
May 9, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 9, 2008 -> 04:16 PM) funny, i just asked that same thing in the al central thread. I can't tell if he's slumping or just overrated, but BBTN did a pretty comparison of his stance and swing, how it's changed this season. There are so many high OPS guys struggling, not only with average, but with power as well. I could see guys raising their average up about 60-80 points from where it is at right now by the end of the year, but Howard is 100 pts below last season where he batted .268.
May 10, 200817 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 9, 2008 -> 05:06 PM) He's really not all that young. Yeah, but he does not have a whole lot of experience.
May 10, 200817 yr Author Ok, he may be heating up, he was 1-5 to raise his average to .167 but his OPS dropped to .608.
May 11, 200817 yr So would we solve some of our energy problems if we just made a wind farm and had Jim Thome and Ryan Howard swinging bats repeatedly? Throw in Juan Uribe for good measure and I bet that could provide power to an entire region of this country.
May 11, 200817 yr QUOTE (lostfan @ May 11, 2008 -> 03:08 PM) So would we solve some of our energy problems if we just made a wind farm and had Jim Thome and Ryan Howard swinging bats repeatedly? Throw in Juan Uribe for good measure and I bet that could provide power to an entire region of this country. Add Adam Dunn and you could probably supply the whole west coast.
May 12, 200817 yr QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 9, 2008 -> 04:16 PM) funny, i just asked that same thing in the al central thread. I can't tell if he's slumping or just overrated, but BBTN did a pretty comparison of his stance and swing, how it's changed this season. He's had a bad season prior. Maybe he was a one trick pony? Who knows.
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