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 […]