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Nothing like a cold Brewer
By egrissom | September 30, 2008
Here’s a look at 20 offensive players who could impact the upcoming series between the Phils and Brewers, what they’ve done for the year and what they’ve done since (and including) September 20:
Hot |
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| Chase Utley | 292/380/353 |
10-for-27 (.370, 3 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB) 1.137 OPS |
| Rickie Weeks | 234/342/398 |
5-for-18, (.278, 1 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB) 1.131 OPS |
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Ryan Howard |
251/339/543 |
8-for-26 (.308; 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB) 1.054 OPS |
| Shane Victorino | 293/352/447 |
11-for-28 (.393, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR) 1.036 OPS |
| Prince Fielder | 276/372/507 |
10-for-32 (.313, 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB) .965 OPS |
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| Pat Burrell | 250/367/507 |
5-for-20 (.250, 3 2B, 1 HR, 5 BB) .957 OPS |
| Ryan Braun | 285/335/553 |
8-for-32 (.250, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB) .896 OPS |
| Pedro Feliz | 249/302/402 |
4-for-15 (.267, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 BB) .886 OPS |
| Greg Dobbs | 301/333/491 |
4-for-12 (.333, 2 2B, 0 BB) .833 OPS |
| Craig Counsell | 226/355/302 |
3-for-13 (.231, 1 2B, 6 BB, 2 HBP) .832 OPS |
| Ray Durham | 289/380/432 |
3-for-12 (.250, 2 2B, 2 BB) .774 OPS |
Not |
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| Jimmy Rollins | 277/349/437 |
6-for-27 (.222, 4 2B, 5 BB) .714 OPS |
| JJ Hardy | 283/343/478 |
7-for-27 (.259, 2 2B, 1 3B) .707 OPS |
| Mike Cameron | 243/331/477 |
8-for-32 (.250, 2 2B, 3 BB) .646 OPS |
| Jason Kendall | 246/327/324 |
7-for-28 (.250, 2 2B, 1 BB) .597 OPS |
| Bill Hall | 225/293/396 |
3-for-13 (.231, 1 2B, 1 BB) .594 OPS |
| Chris Coste | 263/325/423 |
0-for-6 (.000, 1 BB) .541 OPS |
| Jayson Werth | 273/363/498 |
5-for-31 (.161, 1 HR, 10 K) .419 OPS |
| Carlos Ruiz | 219/320/300 |
1-for-19 (.053, 5 BB) .293 OPS |
| Corey Hart | 268/300/459 |
4-for-28 (.143, 0 XBH, 0 BB) .272 OPS |
All those guys should be healthy for the Brewers, Durham has a minor issue with his hamstring and Hardy a minor issue with his thumb.
Corey Hart isn’t just cold over the last few days. He hit 173/192/245 in September. Hall a little better, 182/250/250 this month. Cameron has also struggled, 176/257/253 in September. Kendall (202/295/298) and Hardy (255/300/451) haven’t been as bad.
The Phils sent Fabio Castro to the Jays to complete the deal for Stairs. I still think Castro has a chance to be really good. Nice to have Stairs, too, though — it’s unfortunate that Jenkins struggled so badly this season (and was injured) and the Phils had to bring in Stairs.
September 30th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Too bad to see Castro go. I thought he was going to be good too. On a side note, how about Gavin Floyd getting the important start last night? He didnt pitch too bad this year. His 17 wins might have been the quietest 17 wins by a pitcher this year. Not that shabby of an ERA either.
September 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Yeah, huge start for Gavin. Acutally glad to see him doing well. Would be a nice guy to have around, though.
Castro is so young and strikes so many guys out. Kinda weak numbers this season, but I think he will have a good career. I think it was a good pickup for the Blue Jays.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Yea, same here on Fabio…really had hopes for him. Didn’t he even pick up a save or two a year or two ago?
Castro and Gio Gonzalez were two guys I wanted to see how they would perform as they got older…I am still keeping my eye on Gio (got roughed up a bit with A’s but my guess is he will be better of the two)
Brew Crew…nice post…was hoping you would do that breakdown. I think Game 1 is a MUST win. Shake the ghosts of last year, loosen up, and prepare for tough one vs CC.
Lets keep their 1 and 2 hitters off the bases and pitch Braun and Prince carefully and we should be ok, you know Braun is looking to pop the ball out of our short left field.
Let’s go Hamels!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Interesting to me when I look at this list that the positions seems to match up fairly well as far as who is hot/not/in between. The one exception I see is Victorino, who’s counterpart is Cameron. I guess not having those amphetimines around this time of year is hurting him.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Castro got one save with the Phils in 2006. A 14-inning game against the Nats.
I agree that game one is really important, especially in a short series.
Not sure what to make of the who’s hot, who’s not thing. For example, I’d be surprised if Rollins doesn’t have a good series. I feel a lot better about Werth after his last couple of games. Burrell’s near the top of the list, but he’s someone who hasn’t been hitting very well (with a few at-bats to remember) lately.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Not to be all Simon Cowell, but sorry, I just don’t see the allure of Fabio Castro. His K/BB in recent years as been average at best in the minors and really, he’s not THAT young at this point, 23. If he was going to be really good, I think he’d be showing it by now.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
His numbers at Double-A this year certainly weren’t outstanding. In his first 30 games in the majors, though, he’s thrown to a 3.30 ERA with a 1.21 ratio and struck out 32 in 43 2/3 innings. Way too many walks, but opponents are hitting .181 against him for his career in the bigs. Started his run with the Phillies in 2006 by allowing one earned run in his first 20 1/3 innings pitched. Definitely not a sure thing and definitely a bad year this year, but I think he’s got a good chance.
Interesting interview with BrewCrewBall’s Jeff Sackmann at BS&S: http://www.ballssticksstuff.com/2008/09/brewers-phillie.html