Thursday, May 19, 2005
Quarters: Part One
25% through the season, 25 men on a baseball squad, so what better way to review the squad than by writing no more than 25 words apiece. The analysis is worth about, uh, a quarter. If that much. Part two (the pitchers) tomorrow.
(By the way, I realize the symmetry in breaking the 15 position players into, er, quarters, but I think they more naturally break up into three groups.)
Player - Plate Appearances, OPS, VORP … ranked by VORP (with one small exception)
Yay!
-- Troy Glaus 168, 1.020, 20.7 -- Hitting well, but… RISP OPS is .704. Small sample size or swinging for the fences? Defense and injuries not of major concern thus far.
-- Luis Gonzalez 178, .868, 13.8 -- Also seems recovered from injury. Power down, but OK otherwise. Defense tolerable again.
-- Craig Counsell 156, .828, 12.2 -- OBP of .423. 8 of 9 stolen bases. What else do you need from a leadoff guy? Good defense.
-- Jose Cruz Jr. 54, 1.072, 6.5 -- Small sample size, defensively not fully back, but his inclusion is addition by subtraction.
-- Tony Clark 57, .965, 5.7 -- Has arguably already earned his $750,000 salary. Has definitely exceeded (low) expectations.
Errrr...
-- Chad Tracy 141, .757, 2.5 -- Decent pop, but has forgotten how to take a walk. Survived move to first base.
-- Alex Cintron 83, .715, 2.0 -- OK, at least compared to last year. Nice utility player, making argument for full-time.
-- Chris Snyder 106, .662, 1.5 -- Offense has trailed off, but has made nice defensive plays (thrown out 7 of 16 runners)
-- Scott Hairston 8, .625, -0.2 -- No chance to show whether strong Spring Training was for real
-- Luis Terrero 50, .650, -0.6 -- Shows signs of being acceptable 4th outfielder. Not sure yet about a starting CF.
Ugh!
-- Shawn Green 167, .705, -0.4 -- Let's hope Green's slow start is just that. A start. Not a trend. Biggest dollar disappointment.
-- Matt Kata 32, .653, -1.4 -- Definitely the last man off the bench. Not bad, just uninspiring.
-- Koyie Hill 52, .511, -1.7 -- If he had hit better, his defensive inferiority to Snyder would be overlooked.
-- Royce Clayton 149, .558, -3.7 -- He's, uh, an OK defensive shortstop. Offensively a wasteland thus far. 8 GIDP.
-- Quinton McCracken 98, .557, -3.7 -- Every team has a player whose continued presence is almost inexplicable. Q's ours.
(By the way, I realize the symmetry in breaking the 15 position players into, er, quarters, but I think they more naturally break up into three groups.)
Player - Plate Appearances, OPS, VORP … ranked by VORP (with one small exception)
Yay!
-- Troy Glaus 168, 1.020, 20.7 -- Hitting well, but… RISP OPS is .704. Small sample size or swinging for the fences? Defense and injuries not of major concern thus far.
-- Luis Gonzalez 178, .868, 13.8 -- Also seems recovered from injury. Power down, but OK otherwise. Defense tolerable again.
-- Craig Counsell 156, .828, 12.2 -- OBP of .423. 8 of 9 stolen bases. What else do you need from a leadoff guy? Good defense.
-- Jose Cruz Jr. 54, 1.072, 6.5 -- Small sample size, defensively not fully back, but his inclusion is addition by subtraction.
-- Tony Clark 57, .965, 5.7 -- Has arguably already earned his $750,000 salary. Has definitely exceeded (low) expectations.
Errrr...
-- Chad Tracy 141, .757, 2.5 -- Decent pop, but has forgotten how to take a walk. Survived move to first base.
-- Alex Cintron 83, .715, 2.0 -- OK, at least compared to last year. Nice utility player, making argument for full-time.
-- Chris Snyder 106, .662, 1.5 -- Offense has trailed off, but has made nice defensive plays (thrown out 7 of 16 runners)
-- Scott Hairston 8, .625, -0.2 -- No chance to show whether strong Spring Training was for real
-- Luis Terrero 50, .650, -0.6 -- Shows signs of being acceptable 4th outfielder. Not sure yet about a starting CF.
Ugh!
-- Shawn Green 167, .705, -0.4 -- Let's hope Green's slow start is just that. A start. Not a trend. Biggest dollar disappointment.
-- Matt Kata 32, .653, -1.4 -- Definitely the last man off the bench. Not bad, just uninspiring.
-- Koyie Hill 52, .511, -1.7 -- If he had hit better, his defensive inferiority to Snyder would be overlooked.
-- Royce Clayton 149, .558, -3.7 -- He's, uh, an OK defensive shortstop. Offensively a wasteland thus far. 8 GIDP.
-- Quinton McCracken 98, .557, -3.7 -- Every team has a player whose continued presence is almost inexplicable. Q's ours.
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