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He has not been hitting for a good average since joining the team but he makes himself valuable in a few ways.

Figger he'll come around with the bat. He's almost a .300 lifetime hitter.

Anyway the team is something like 18-3 when he's playing so ----> I'm good.
 
I heard a fair bit of talk today how R.A. Dickey was extraordinary yesterday in how he settled right down after the first inning and it looked like it was over for him and he would have a very short day but instead he ended up hanging in there surprisingly long.

Good for him, was the prevalent sentiment.

I myself could see a lot of room in the discussion for, "Dude, you gave up 5 runs in the first inning. That's really bad. Keep doing that - potentially disastrous."

But didn't hear any of that.
 
Mudcat
He has not been hitting for a good average since joining the team but he makes himself valuable in a few ways.

Figger he'll come around with the bat. He's almost a .300 lifetime hitter.

Anyway the team is something like 18-3 when he's playing so ----> I'm good.
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He won't have 1.035 OPS seasons anymore now that he's not playing 81 games in Colorado every year.

But his 2015 OPS is still very close to .800 and coming from the SS position that is still very nice.


Mudcat, have you looked into advanced baseball statistics recently? Baseball stats have come along way in the last couple of decades. You're a smart guy. You'll likely appreciate the new advanced stats like On Base Plus Slugging (OPS), Weighted On Base Average (wOBA) and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) which in addition to offense, takes base running and defense into account.

Batting Average is a dinosaur stat that treats a single the same as it does a double or home run.
 
No interest in thinking more about baseball stats. Without getting into a qualitative and specific discussion, my main feeling is it would be too much thinking about something not that important - i.e. baseball statistics.

I played baseball for many years and I know what we considered important. I know what batting average means.
 
TV broadcasts should always show OPS or at least BA, OBP and SLG right next to each other.

That said Tulo is hitting .218 (.695 OPS) since joining the Jays and that is pretty awful no matter which way you look at it.

I know because I'm a baseball purist.

:cripwalk:
 
Agreed he is in a rough stretch. But it's a small sample size.

I wonder if his BABIP is below average since joining the Jays. Could be some bad luck coupled with swinging at pitches outside the zone.

:dunno:

His career OPS is .881

I'd be surprised if he finishes the season with a sub .775 OPS.
 
Calling batting average a dinosaur stat is not apt IMO. Dinosaurs are extinct. I see batting averages in every game I watch, damn near every at bat.

Like it or not, despite whatever stat-related hopes and dreams people may have, there is a much stronger case to be made that it is the #1 stat in the game than a dinosaur.
 
Mudcat eschews the use of advanced statistics and demonstrates that he is generally unaware of the common meaning behind calling something a "dinosaur" in the same thread where Tron calls him a "smart guy."

I'll say it again: hilarious.
 
Someone on the radio was telling me all then reason I should fear the Rangers. There was plenny legit stuff. Mayhem on the basepaths. Some pitchers. Some hitters.

They succeeded in making me concerned.

Then I thought, 'Okay but suppose I'm the Rangers ---> is there anything the Blue Jays bring to the table I should be concerned about?'

Yes, was the answer.

It was kind of a big fat yes.

Like YES

That made me feel better.



Well, tipping off for the 1st of a 3-game series RIGHT NOW.
 
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