This is kind of like one of those Five Numbers posts I write, only shorter, and way less meaningful. Think of it like the side coleslaw you get with a big, juicy burger, right down to the possibility that you could be allergic and throw up at a moment's notice. Eww!
- The Padres have a team .705 OPS - 14th in the NL - and have scored a mediocre 4.4 runs per game. The second-best offensive regular behind Adrian Gonzalez has been the .257/.335/.421 hitting Nick Hundley. Weak, right? Wrong. Inspired by a Sky Kalkman tweet this morning, I looked to StatCorner, and the Padres' park-adjusted wOBA puts their team offense as slightly above average. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to look at this before, but it didn't, and sure enough, the Padres' biggest weakness of all things right now looks to be their starting rotation. Park factors never cease to blow my mind.
- Price Fielder has been drilled once per 115 pitches so far this season. His previous career high was once per 185, and last year he came in at once per 312. He has been hit with three times his career frequency in low-leverage situations. Pitchers don't seem to be big fans of Prince Fielder.
- Jeff Mathis vs. Seattle, career: .245/.330/.415, 114 PAs
Jeff Mathis vs. others, career: .200/.269/.312, 853 PAs
- Adrian Beltre currently ranks 12th among position players in WAR, has been a slight positive on the bases, has been durable, and has hit better on the road than he has in a home ballpark that looks as if it were built for players with specifically his kind of skillset. That's the good news. The great news is that, according to my latest subjective research, he still hasn't caught on as a real fan favorite among the many citizens of Red Sox Nation. He may yet escape this experience untainted.
- This is going way back, but for some reason it only stood out to me this morning:
Bronson Arroyo
2004: 18.7% strikeout rate
2005: 11.4% strikeout rate
2006: 18.7% strikeout rate
From what I can tell, nothing about Arroyo really changed. His stuff stayed the same. His pitch mix stayed the same. His other peripherals stayed the same. He just went from being a starter who could strike out batters one year, to a starter who couldn't strike out batters the next year, to a starter who could strike out batters again the year after that.
That's really weird. Arroyo's strikeout rate with Cincinnati is down again this year to its 2005 level, but while on the one hand that's kind of worrisome, on the other, who knows.
Mathis always hits like crazy at Safeco
SSS, yes, just think it’s interesting – Mathis career @ Safeco (60 PA): 280 / 368 / 580
Eyebrows - July 19, 2010 via mobile
I am saying that based on this solid data, the Mariners should trade for Mathis immediately.
Eyebrows - July 19, 2010 via mobile
I'll pray for that.
CapSea - July 19, 2010
(Praying Mathis? Yes? No?)
CapSea - July 19, 2010
Boooooo
Mariner John - July 19, 2010
Yes.
appleshampoo - July 19, 2010
It's a YES from me!
scottg02 - July 19, 2010
Fielder just keeps getting bigger and therefore easier to hit.
Thingray - July 19, 2010
Considering his size
it would be a statistical anomoly if Prince Fielder didn’t get beaned a lot.
Rollo Tomasi - July 19, 2010
Considering his size getting beaned would be a pretty lucky thing
his gut’s much bigger than his head and therefore easier to hit.
pdb - July 19, 2010
Yes yes yes he is fat and fat = beanings
He is getting beaned more. I do not think he is getting fatter, or has gotten so much fatter in 2010 that he is nearly twice as likely to get hit by a pitch.
Jeff Sullivan - July 19, 2010
at least it wasn't a Silva fat joke
pdb - July 19, 2010
At this rate Prince Fielder will weigh a literal ton in no time.
Mariner John - July 19, 2010
Prince Fielder is so fat his weighted OBA is measured in tons.
ThomasG - July 19, 2010
Weighted OBA. I see what you did there.
Jeff Nye - July 19, 2010
His size seems to double
for the Braves’ staff after an home run by himself or Braun.
levnclf - July 19, 2010
I don't think weight is related to being hit by a pitch
Active Leaders If you think that skews it toward players with long careers, take a look at single season leaders.
To me, it looks like more of a little bitch you are, the more likely you are to get hit by a pitch. Craig Biggio, Jason Kendall and Fernando Vina are some of the types of guys who are getting beaned a lot. I wouldn’t say these guys have much of anything in common with Prince Fielder.
Edgar for Pres - July 19, 2010
Also, Cecil Fielder averaged at least 1/2 the beanings Prince is getting
So I think we can put the fat = beanings hypothesis to rest. Maybe Price Fielder is a prick. I’d say that is more likely.
Edgar for Pres - July 19, 2010
Why would you say that?
CapSea - July 19, 2010
He already got his comeuppance for that, remember?
Eyeball Kid - July 19, 2010
Oh, Beltre. I miss you, sir.
sanford_and_son - July 19, 2010
And it pains me to say that obviously Fenway is a better place for your skillset.
sanford_and_son - July 19, 2010
At the Sox game on Saturday, two morons behind me were debating on whether or not the Sox should trade Beltre at the deadline.
Because, to paraphrase, Mike Lowell’s almost ready to come off the DL and he’s a much better defensive 3B than Beltre and Beltre’s playing way above his head right now.
Murder.
ThomasG - July 19, 2010
Murder implies it was an evil killing.
No jury of your peers would convict you.
JAH - July 19, 2010
When his curve is working for him, Arroyo is a pretty effective pitcher.
He’s was an incredibly infuriating pitcher to watch though because, on the days he didn’t have control of his breaking balls, he would invariably revert to throwing his horrible fastball right over the heart of the plate.
ThomasG - July 19, 2010
I feel compelled to note that Hundley is local.
I went to HS with him at Lake Washington. Kirkland, baby!
THolt - July 19, 2010 via mobile
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