joe table wrote:

smitty wrote:

joe table wrote:Dom now has a 10.6% BB rate and a 16.5% K rate. ISO creeping up to .153. He has impressed me offensively, I think he has the best hitting approach on the team other than Utley and Chooch. Didn't look at the splits but he looks very comfortable facing lefties too (as well as hitting with 2 strikes), spits on those sliders. I think he can tap into his raw power more as well if just picks his spots and gets more aggressive in hitters counts

Stats are Utley vs. lefties but it's only in 41 PAs. .171 BA with a .607 OPS.

However, in games started by lefties, he has an .812 OPS. He must feast on RH reliefers.

His stats after getting two strikes are pretty ugly too although he will draw some walks.

Most guys have bad two strike stats so I'm thinking he will improve there as he does LOOK good hitting with two strikes.

I like his chances for being pretty good next season. Definitely feel bad for him.

Yeah those lefty splits are worse than I'd thought they be. Strangely enough the plate discipline stats are even better vs lefties though (14.6 BB%, 14.6 K%) so that bodes well. And maybe that's where I get the feeling that he looks okay vs them. I feel like he's had multiple ABs this year vs lefties where he's worked long counts and then hit hard ground balls right at the SS for a 6-4-3...good approach, bad result

joe table wrote:Pretty good writeup from Dave Cameron about Jim's bizarre year

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.ph ... nt-season/

That looks like it’s pretty fortunate for the Phillies, because his September has been even better than his June. He’s already his seven home runs this month, and he’s slugging a ridiculous .681 over the team’s last 17 games. At +1.5 WAR, he’s been baseball’s best position player this month – yes, even better than the legendary Miguel Cabrera.

Rollins has played 40 games in June and September, which accounts for just 30% of his season total. In those two months, he’s accumulated +3.2 WAR, which is 65% of his total for the year. And, while some normal variation in performance over these kinds of arbitrary endpoints is expected, you don’t see these kinds of awful-bad-great-bad-okay-amazing kinds of swings too often.

Overall, the total package for the Phillies has been quite valuable, and there’s a pretty good case to be made that he’s been baseball’s best overall shortstop this year. It’s been a roller coaster of a ride, however, beginning with a few months where Rollins looked like a shell of his former self. However, for the last four months, he’s been showing better power than he has at any point since his MVP season of 2007, and even with the increase in strikeouts, Rollins is still a very productive player. While he turns 34 in November and is probably headed for some decline in the next few years, it certainly isn’t here yet. As long as he keeps driving the ball and playing quality defense at a premium position, he’ll continue to be among the league’s best players.

smitty wrote:I don't care how much empirical mathematical evidence there is to the contrary, Ryan Howard has 53 RBI in 64 games (267 PAs) and that's valuable.

He's and RBI man and always has been.

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                        BR      BRS     BRS% 
Jason Pridie*           8       2       25%
Ryan Howard*            199     42      21%
Pete Orr*               25      5       20%
Carlos Ruiz             240     47      20%
Hector Luna             44      8       18%
Jim Thome*              57      10      18%
Laynce Nix*             75      13      17%
Domonic Brown*          121     19      16%
Freddy Galvis#          132     21      16%
Erik Kratz              107     17      16%
Jimmy Rollins#          280     44      16%
Hunter Pence            307     46      15%
Juan Pierre*            197     27      14%
Chase Utley*            198     28      14%
Ty Wigginton            234     32      14%
League Average                          14%
Cliff Lee*              31      4       13%
Kevin Frandsen          92      11      12%
John Mayberry           268     33      12%
Placido Polanco         164     20      12%
Shane Victorino#        268     31      12%
Cole Hamels*            39      4       10%
Nate Schierholtz*       36      3       8%
Brian Schneider*        62      5       8%
Vance Worley            25      2       8%
Mike Fontenot*          57      4       7%
Michael Martinez#       71      5       7%
Roy Halladay            38      2       5%
Joe Blanton             25      1       4%
Tyler Cloyd             8       0       0%
David Herndon           0       0
Kyle Kendrick           16      0       0%
Steven Lerud*           7       0       0%
Darin Ruf               2       0       0%
Brian Sanches           0       0
Joe Savery*             0       0
Team Total              3433    486     14%


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Year    BR      BRS     BRS%
2004    30      3       10%
2005    258     42      16%
2006    509     93      18%
2007    501     90      18%
2008    483     101     21%
2009    500     101     20%
2010    457     79      17%
2011    462     84      18%
2012    199     42      21%
9 Yrs   3399    635     19%
MLB Averages                    15%

phdave wrote: Pence was higher than I expected.

TenuredVulture wrote:I was just thinking--a few years ago, I was grateful for meaningful September baseball. And it's late September, and the Phillies have a meaningful game. This season has been rough, but I'm not disappointed.

PhillieMooDo wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I was just thinking--a few years ago, I was grateful for meaningful September baseball. And it's late September, and the Phillies have a meaningful game. This season has been rough, but I'm not disappointed.

To have, basically, everything possible go wrong for most of the season, and still be alive with 10 to play speaks to how good this team is...can't wait to beat the fucking piss out of everybody next season.

phdave wrote:I consider a .625 winning % in the second half a good reason to be optimistic no matter what happens in the wild card race.

SK790 wrote:

phdave wrote:I consider a .625 winning % in the second half a good reason to be optimistic no matter what happens in the wild card race.

what about teh dick sucking?