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Friday, April 13, 2007
Hey, I am back -- who knows for how long. Few random thoughts on the Indians so far, in no particular order.
1) Shin-Soo Choo is being wasted in AAA. Sure, Trot Nixon's not doing too shabby up until now in right field, but Choo calmly handled his demotion and is currently hitting .455/.625/.636 in Buffalo. Granted, it appears the Bisons have faced some bad pitching in these limited games, but the Indians would be doing just fine with him in the outfield instead of the kaleidoscopic platooning that is going on now.
2) Andy Marte is scuffling not because he is overmatched, but because he is being overaggressive at the plate. Marte's contract rate is 73%, which isn't great, but it is hardly catastrophic. Normally, a guy with that sort of CT% would be expected to hit about .250. Right now Marte is hitting a robust .136. with a Batting Average of Balls in Play of just .133, which is freakishly bad luck. While Marte's BA will certainly improve with more plate appearances, he is hacking at too many pitches too soon in the count. He's only seeing 3.22 Pitches Per Plate Appearance right now. He needs to relax and be more patient in finding his pitch.
3) How long will The Mad Skipper Eric Wedge remain patient with Marte? In a rather shortsighted move, yesterday Wedge yanked Marte for Garko in the seventh inning. Sure, the numbers said that Garko was more likely to get a hit and put the Indians ahead, but the Indians still had at least two innings of defense ahead of them. Casey Blake was moved to third even though he had only played six games at third since 2004. The results were immediately disastrous, but Hafner eventually bailed out the team.
4) Roberto Hernandez shouldn't be used in high leverage situations for a bit. That isn't saying he's toast, but he needs to work some things out and appears to be trying to do too much. Right now, fielding the ball seems to be sensory overload for Dear Roberto.
5) As for playing games in Milwaukee, I hope that isn't the apex of the season. I made some comments about the absurd situation at Reds and Blues.
Anyway, hopefully I'll be around more here in upcoming days.
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1) Shin-Soo Choo is being wasted in AAA. Sure, Trot Nixon's not doing too shabby up until now in right field, but Choo calmly handled his demotion and is currently hitting .455/.625/.636 in Buffalo. Granted, it appears the Bisons have faced some bad pitching in these limited games, but the Indians would be doing just fine with him in the outfield instead of the kaleidoscopic platooning that is going on now.
2) Andy Marte is scuffling not because he is overmatched, but because he is being overaggressive at the plate. Marte's contract rate is 73%, which isn't great, but it is hardly catastrophic. Normally, a guy with that sort of CT% would be expected to hit about .250. Right now Marte is hitting a robust .136. with a Batting Average of Balls in Play of just .133, which is freakishly bad luck. While Marte's BA will certainly improve with more plate appearances, he is hacking at too many pitches too soon in the count. He's only seeing 3.22 Pitches Per Plate Appearance right now. He needs to relax and be more patient in finding his pitch.
3) How long will The Mad Skipper Eric Wedge remain patient with Marte? In a rather shortsighted move, yesterday Wedge yanked Marte for Garko in the seventh inning. Sure, the numbers said that Garko was more likely to get a hit and put the Indians ahead, but the Indians still had at least two innings of defense ahead of them. Casey Blake was moved to third even though he had only played six games at third since 2004. The results were immediately disastrous, but Hafner eventually bailed out the team.
4) Roberto Hernandez shouldn't be used in high leverage situations for a bit. That isn't saying he's toast, but he needs to work some things out and appears to be trying to do too much. Right now, fielding the ball seems to be sensory overload for Dear Roberto.
5) As for playing games in Milwaukee, I hope that isn't the apex of the season. I made some comments about the absurd situation at Reds and Blues.
Anyway, hopefully I'll be around more here in upcoming days.
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