Archive for December, 2008
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Jayson Werth is the best right-handed hitter for the Phils heading into 2009. But who is second-best? Looking at the 40-man roster, the candidates include Chris Coste, Lou Marson, Ronny Paulino, Carlos Ruiz, Eric Bruntlett, Pedro Feliz, Brad Harman and John Mayberry. I’m going to eliminate Marson, Harman and Mayberry, who combine […]
Right light
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Replacing Pat Burrell with Raul Ibanez almost surely means the Phils will be seeing more left-handed pitching in 2009. If we look back at the NL teams from 2008, here’s how many plate appearances they had and how many of their plate appearances came against lefties and righties:
Team
PA v L
PA v R
Total […]
Duck luck?
Sunday, December 21st, 2008For the 11 Phillies who got the most plate appearances in 2008, here’s how many total plate appearances each had and how many of them came with the bases empty and how many came with at least one man on base:
Player
PA
PA bases
empty
PA
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No empty promises from Ibanez
Friday, December 19th, 2008Situational hitting seems to be some of what drew the Phillies to Raul Ibanez. Here are some of the situational hitting numbers for Ibanez and Burrell for 2008:
Pat Burrell — 2008
Situation
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
RISP
234
358
469
827
RISP, 2 outs
183
341
366
707
Bases Loaded
222
333
333
667
Men on, 2
outs
194
331
379
709
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And that’s why they don’t call him Pat the Glove
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Some have suggested in recent days that Raul Ibanez is as bad or worse defensively in the outfield than Pat Burrell. That may be the case. What is hard for me to believe is that Burrell gets to as many fly balls as Ibanez does.
Here’s how many innings each of them played in […]
2009 a second time
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008In mid-November I took a guess at who would be on the Phillies roster when the 2009 season started. A lot of things have happened since then, including:
Chase Utley had surgery on his right hip and will likely miss the start of the season. It’s unclear when he will be back at second […]
Important first step is to make sure he knows that if you catch the ball in the air it doesn’t mean the pitcher is out
Sunday, December 14th, 2008That’s dodgeball. Sometimes making sure of the little things can make all the difference.
Chase Utley is the undisputed king of getting hit by pitch in MLB over the past two years. In 2007 and 2008 the rate at which he was hit by pitch increased dramatically compared to the first four years of […]
Good Burrells go to heaven, but the bad Burrells go everywhere
Friday, December 12th, 2008Disappointing news this morning as Jayson Stark reports the Phillies have agreed to a three year, $30 million deal with 36-year-old left-handed outfielder Raul Ibanez. Ibanez is a very good hitter, but so was longtime Phillie Pat Burrell. It’s hard to imagine the financial commitment the Phils appear to be willing to make […]
And you can have his on-base percentage when you pry it from his cold, barely functioning and kinda crunchy hands
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Chase Utley has led all of baseball in getting hit by pitches in each of the last two seasons. By a lot. All of the Minnesota Twins, for example, combined to be hit 36 times in 2008, which is nine more than the 27 times Utley was hit. He was hit 12 […]
A fella and Ruiz
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008With the exception of the final game of the season, when Lou Marson caught Kyle Kendrick, Chris Coste and Carlos Ruiz handled all of the duties behind the plate for the Phillies in 2008. For the five Phillies pitchers that made the most starts in ‘08, here’s the percentage of their batters caught by […]
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