Comments on: Mitchell & Banuelos shine in losses

By: Tremont

Tremont — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:31:29 +0000

Ks are excluded from BABIP, thus the BIP part (Balls in Play)

By: Travis G.

Travis G. — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:50:18 +0000

have to comment on Ajax -

i watched 2 Scranton games on TV (one late last year, one this year). Ajax had like 3 hits in one game, 4 in the other. he looked very impressive and didn’t (by my count) have one ‘lucky’ hit. he lined a curveball between the 1b & 2b for a clean single. he took an outside fastball and lined it over the 2b. he turned on a inside FB for a line drive double. he even hit an outside pitch to the warning track in RF (just missing a HR) – i was surprised, the announcers were surprised.* a .476 BABIP is not sustainable, but we should surely be encouraged by a fine season.

* obviously its just 2 games, but its a microcosm of his ability.

By: emac2

emac2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:55:37 +0000

Gosh. Could that mean that being good enough not to swing at bad pitches makes you look bad to “hard core stat heads”?

By: emac2

emac2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:50:03 +0000

What game are you playing where hitting 350 doesn’t mean anything?

By: emac2

emac2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:47:36 +0000

It’s a darn good thing stats don’t have sharp edges.

Few of you know how to play with toys you barely understand.

By: yankeewanabe

yankeewanabe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:24:18 +0000

jason bay would be a better fa pickup than holiday nfor a lot less money

By: Ari

Ari — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:31:43 +0000

Didn’t see this posted here (from Times beat writer John Nalbone):

Team sources have confirmed that right-hander Christian Garcia (2-0, 0.71 ERA) is at the Yankees’ minor-league facility in Tampa, but it is not known whether Garcia has been cleared to resume baseball activities after having his injured right elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews Monday in Birmingham, Ala

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:30:23 +0000

.348 is great, yes. but what the “arrogant statheads” are saying is that there is very little chance he maintains that average, unless he cuts down on his strikeouts.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:27:07 +0000

Except that AJax can take a walk. Let’s just take the worst example of a failure, and use it to keep a guy hitting .348 at AAA from advancing? K rate respectable? A lot of great MLBers have high K rates, perhaps the best baseball player in the world, ARod, included. What is respectible is his .348/.416./.459 line. All these people are clamoring for Mirhanda and Shelley to be called up, and Jackson has superior numbers. In fact, his SLG is only .034 from Mirhanda’s. I really don’t understand the hating going on right now…

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:26:36 +0000

you hit the nail on the head. he’s not a 5-tool guy.

think we’ll be happy if he settles in with 4 tools