May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ May 29, 2010 -> 02:17 AM) I love Alex Rios. A Walker success story
May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 29, 2010 -> 05:04 AM) I agreed with every move that our manager made tonight. It's nice to be able to say that. Armchair managing is what baseball is all about. I love it.
May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 29, 2010 -> 10:49 AM) A Walker success story He was a great hitter long before he met Walker.
May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 29, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) He was a great hitter long before he met Walker. But he was a terrible hitter shortly before he met Walker. And he wasn't this good of a hitter long before he met Walker, either.
May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) But he was a terrible hitter shortly before he met Walker. And he wasn't this good of a hitter long before he met Walker, either. He was in '06.
May 29, 201015 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 29, 2010 -> 07:56 PM) He was in '06. 120 OPS+ in 2006. 150 OPS+ right now.
May 30, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 06:58 PM) 120 OPS+ in 2006. 150 OPS+ right now. Sorry, I didn't realize the season was over. He had a .335/.388/.619/1.007 line, 15 HR and 19 2B 268 PA into the 2006 season. He has what? 182 PA this season?
May 30, 201015 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 29, 2010 -> 08:00 PM) Sorry, I didn't realize the season was over. He had a .335/.388/.619/1.007 line, 15 HR and 19 2B 268 PA into the 2006 season. He has what? 182 PA this season? Really, he started off that hot in 2006? I thought his numbers suggested he was mostly a 2nd half player.
May 30, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 07:01 PM) Really, he started off that hot in 2006? I thought his numbers suggested he was mostly a 2nd half player. In the 2 best offensive seasons of his career his power came early in the year, this trend flipped in '08 and he had an overall s***ty version of the former last year. There isn't much of a pattern to work from; '06: amazing first half, mediocre 2nd half, '07: solid in both halves, '08: mediocre in the first half, great in the second half, '09: mediocre in the first half, one of the worst hitters in baseball in the 2nd half.
May 30, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) But he was a terrible hitter shortly before he met Walker. And he wasn't this good of a hitter long before he met Walker, either. Walker doesn't work with the veterans, remember?
May 31, 201015 yr I'd like to see pitchers start challenging Rios with high fastballs away. I wonder if he can handle them with his hands so low. If I recall, pitchers were killing him with low pitches last year when he had his hands high.
May 31, 201015 yr QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 29, 2010 -> 10:49 AM) A Walker success story Even if his success is due to Walker (which I doubt), it is still a horrible track record for Walker.
May 31, 201015 yr QUOTE (BearSox @ May 30, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) I'd like to see pitchers start challenging Rios with high fastballs away. I wonder if he can handle them with his hands so low. If I recall, pitchers were killing him with low pitches last year when he had his hands high. My guess is he would simply take them.
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