Comments on: Center fielder of attention http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/07/12/center-fielder-of-attention/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Sat, 25 May 2013 19:33:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/07/12/center-fielder-of-attention/#comment-78473 egrissom Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:27:15 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=8075#comment-78473 I don’t think there’s any question that Victorino can help a team in the short term hitting against lefties. I also think he’s decent in center. I’m going to be surprised if he starts smashing righties, though. He doesn’t really have to start smashing them to get better.

Again, I still think it will be interesting to see how much time Pridie gets against righties with Victorino on the team. I don’t have high hopes, but I do think the answer should be more than he’s gotten to this point.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/07/12/center-fielder-of-attention/#comment-78471 Jim Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:11:26 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=8075#comment-78471 This almost looks like we wouldn’t lose much by trading him. Also, that we wouldn’t get much for him.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/07/12/center-fielder-of-attention/#comment-78466 egrissom Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=8075#comment-78466 Sadly I think he’s just not a great hitter against right-handed pitching. I don’t think he’s going to become one given he turns 32 in about four months.

I think it’s odd that his problem over the last three years isn’t about walking or hitting for power but getting singles. Makes me wonder if part of the issue is just slowing down and not beating as many balls out as he used to.

From 2006-2009, his batting average for balls in play was .312. From 2010 through 2012 it’s down to .276. Part of that might be luck. Part of that might be slower, too. He had truly elite speed at one point.

I think it’s interesting that his batting average against righties over the past three is down .043 and his BABIP over the last three years is down by almost the same amount (.036) compared to 06-09.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/07/12/center-fielder-of-attention/#comment-78465 DaMannse Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=8075#comment-78465 Do you think the sub par years are just something that happens once in a while in baseball, or are those years the mark of accelerating multiple declines?

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