July 11, 201015 yr Q! is on fire lately, and just looks a lot stronger and more comfortable at the plate. Am I the only one noticing that he is looking a lot more like the Carlos of old as he heats up?
July 11, 201015 yr He looks great. Even when he really stunk he was knocking in runs, so I think he's back. I hope so.
July 11, 201015 yr Ummm...yes...resounding yes. 3 multi HR games in the past 4 games? Dang. The baseball must be looking like a grapefruit up there.
July 11, 201015 yr Yes, he is back. I don't care if he did it off of Scott Kazmir, Anthony Lerew, and some other scrubs. The April/May Q wouldn't have done any of that.
July 11, 201015 yr Quentin: .244/.344/.523/.867 and on pace of 38 and 121. Holy crap. Hell of a turn around.
July 11, 201015 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) Quentin: .244/.344/.523/.867 and on pace of 38 and 121. Holy crap. Hell of a turn around. Those numbers would garner MVP votes.
July 11, 201015 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 05:37 PM) Those numbers would garner MVP votes. Not with Miggy, Morneau, and Hamilton hitting at the pace they are.... but yeah Im wishing I never dropped Quentin in fantasy now.
July 11, 201015 yr QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 06:04 PM) Not with Miggy, Morneau, and Hamilton hitting at the pace they are.... but yeah Im wishing I never dropped Quentin in fantasy now. I just picked him up about 2 weeks ago. Glad I did!
July 12, 201015 yr QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) Our 3/4/5 is legit. Hell yeah it is. They have a combined wOBA around .385.
July 12, 201015 yr Since June 9th, TCQ has put up the following numbers: .326 BA 12 HRs 29 RBIs 21 Rs .802 SLG .419 OBP 1.221 OPS ...and the Sox are 25-5 during that time.
July 12, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 07:40 PM) Hell yeah it is. They have a combined wOBA around .385. If we get a real DH and Beckham gets going in the second half, our team will be ridiculous. We will have a good lineup to complement our fantastic pitching staff. But I'm not greedy, 1st place WOOOO!
July 12, 201015 yr Yea he's back. I would continue to try and protect him by using him as a DH. Sox need to keep this guy healthy and as long as Jones is on this rollercoaster ride (he's going up now) he should be out in RF because he's very good out there whereas Q is average at best. Sox' offense really is "stars and scrubs". You have Rios/Kong/Q with an wOBA total of .385 (that's really good) but you also have guys like Pierre, Beckham, AJ that are just having horrible years. Even though Q is only batting .244 he's had rotten BABIP luck but his power numbers and isoD are as good as ever. I am expecting a 250/345/520 line with 30+ dingers and around 110 RBI when it's all said and done. That's the sort of power threat this team is going to need to make a pennant push.
July 12, 201015 yr I just checked for sure, the combined wOBA of the 3 is .383. Those three have produced 43 batting runs, the team itself is at -14 batting runs as of yesterday. So the success of the second half on offense isn't really up to these three, it'll take a big turnaround from Beckham, Pierre, Kotsay, etc to really make this a good offensive club. You can get these guys help, but unless the guys that are already here produce, this offense will be pretty mediocre.
July 12, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 09:04 PM) I just checked for sure, the combined wOBA of the 3 is .383. Those three have produced 43 batting runs, the team itself is at -14 batting runs as of yesterday. So the success of the second half on offense isn't really up to these three, it'll take a big turnaround from Beckham, Pierre, Kotsay, etc to really make this a good offensive club. You can get these guys help, but unless the guys that are already here produce, this offense will be pretty mediocre. I don't think the offense will ever be anything other than mediocre unless you see something flukish happen where Jones goes on a tear, Pierre heats up, AJ starts actually taking walks, hell freezes over, etc. Luckily with this group of pitchers an average offense will suffice.
July 12, 201015 yr Beckham is figuring it out again... which may become a critical component of our 2nd half run trying to hold 1st.
July 12, 201015 yr Is TCQ back? Yes. Do we still need to acquire another bat? Yes. The good news is that with TCQ back, if we acquire one solid bat it should be enough to where the offense isn't a noticeable liability anymore. Edited July 12, 201015 yr by whitesoxfan101
July 12, 201015 yr QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 10, 2010 -> 10:10 PM) Q! is on fire lately, and just looks a lot stronger and more comfortable at the plate. Am I the only one noticing that he is looking a lot more like the Carlos of old as he heats up? He may be back, but the sad question is for how long. He is sooooo fragile. Bob
July 12, 201015 yr Here's an interesting stat: In a White Sox uniform, Carlos has now hit a total of 76 homers in 1,093 at bats. That's a homer every 14 at bats, which projects to 40 homers per season. This year he is right on that same pace of one home run per every 14 at bats. "Is he back?" He never left. He struggled a little with his average, but he has been driving in runs all year.
July 12, 201015 yr One thing that is interesting is that Q only has a career BABIP of .266, this year he's down to .223. Given even average luck and he'd be looking at a 270/370/550 line, and that would be a monster year. The guy is not made of very sturdy stuff though, hopefully he can stay healthy. He should be DHing as much as possible.
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