The most important aspect of this conversation I’ll save until the end. I’d rather start with this: The most important skill a leadoff hitter needs to possess is an ability to get on base (OBP) at a relatively high rate. Every other skill that you might find desirous in a leadoff hitter comes in a … Continue reading When Hicks Plays, He Needs to Leadoff
Category: analysis
Let’s Talk Andújar…
I don’t take pleasure in saying I told you so, but after the 2018 season, I’m the guy who said Miguel Andújar needed to be traded, despite his 130 OPS+, 47 double rookie season. His future was clearly not going to be at third base which would decrease the value of his bat, and he … Continue reading Let’s Talk Andújar…
Can We Talk About Rizzo?
We need to talk about Anthony Rizzo. (But maybe not for the reasons you think. Put a pin in that, we’ll come back to it.) For essentially one month now Anthony Rizzo has been awful in pretty much every way possible. Since April 29th, he’s posted an 83 wRC+ over 111 plate appearances. If you’re … Continue reading Can We Talk About Rizzo?
What We Can Learn From Three Week Samples
Quite often I’ll be doing research for a certain topic, then I’ll notice something that’s unrelated, yet more interesting than what I’m researching and writing about. To wit, this morning when I noticed that the season is exactly six weeks old today, it drew my attention away from what I was doing. The idea that … Continue reading What We Can Learn From Three Week Samples
Which Yankees have been impacted by luck?
I’ve long believed that most fans vastly underestimate the impact of randomness and luck on results in baseball, both on a team level and on an individual level. We’ve all seen a player have a great at-bat and absolutely smoke a line drive – but right at a defender. Conversely, we’ve all seen a batter … Continue reading Which Yankees have been impacted by luck?
mybaseballpage.com 