He's really stepped up and is playing some superb baseball right now. Wouldn't it be a hoot if we went from worrying about the centerfield position to having an all star centerfielder? It would be a tremendous hoot. An incredible hoot. A hoot beyond belief just a few weeks ago. Cheers to you BA.....this Buds for you. See ya in the all star game!!!!!

 

 

Its people like you who ruin the ASG.

I can't believe some of you guys are taking this thread seriously.

Its still too early to call anyone out right now. He has looked good, but this is a game of adjustments. Give him at least a month.

 

I will say this though, its really nice seeing him produce right now. Is it possible for us to have 3 position players from our system have success at once? I hope so.

exactly, once BA is batting with Josh Fields' current line, people will be all over him.

this is still a funny joke especailly since its april and hes not hitting like out of nowhere like Quentin was last yr.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=29087

 

As hot as he has been, Brian's OPS is at 835. That's very good, for sure, but if he held up this exact same level of play for the entire season, he'd still only be 16 points (835 to 819) higher than Denard Span (2008 rookie year) in terms of OPS.

 

I said anything above 740 would be great, so while him keeping up 835 would be simply amazing and awe-inspiring, it wouldn't be All-Star caliber.

 

Unless you think of Denard Span as an All-Star? Actually, this version of BA (the singles and occasional doubles hitter) is very similar to Span statistically. I would be happy to sacrifice the Torii Hunter offensive numbers (HR's and K's) if he would continue to this level of play, but I'm not sure that's possible.

 

Probably what will happen is that his batting average will come down to 260-270, he'll hit a few more homers and become more pull happy (because of the Greg Walker influence) and end up with an OPS of around 700-750, which is still better than what I thought was possible.

Edited April 26, 200916 yr by caulfield12

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=29087

 

As hot as he has been, Brian's OPS is at 835. That's very good, for sure, but if he held up this exact same level of play for the entire season, he'd still only be 16 points (835 to 819) higher than Denard Span (2008 rookie year) in terms of OPS.

 

I said anything above 740 would be great, so while him keeping up 835 would be simply amazing and awe-inspiring, it wouldn't be All-Star caliber.

 

Unless you think of Denard Span as an All-Star? Actually, this version of BA (the singles and occasional doubles hitter) is very similar to Span statistically. I would be happy to sacrifice the Torii Hunter offensive numbers (HR's and K's) if he would continue to this level of play, but I'm not sure that's possible.

 

Probably what will happen is that his batting average will come down to 260-270, he'll hit a few more homers and become more pull happy (because of the Greg Walker influence) and end up with an OPS of around 700-750, which is still better than what I thought was possible.

Anderson won't keep hitting for this high average, he never has at any level really. But if he keeps hitting for respectable contact, his SLG will go up. It's abnormally low right now.

Is this like a belated April Fool's Joke?

Check the sig.