RISP

by grimsleyfan on Jun 18, 2007 4:57 PM EDT

I looked at the numbers and wanted to post them for some of the players.

Teahen: 63 ABs, .381/.506/.619, 31 RBIs
Sweeney: 57 ABs, .298/.391/.456, 21 RBIs
Brown: 56 ABs, .339/.377/.589, 27 RBIs
Gordon: 53 ABs, .226/.388/.321, 10 RBIs
Buck: 43 ABs, .233/.308/.465, 13 RBIs
Gload: 27 ABs, .333/.345/.556, 14 RBIs
Sanders: 15 ABs, .333/.444/.600, 7 RBIs
Shealy: 38 ABs, .184/.239/.289, 13 RBIs
Pena: 57 ABs, .298/.328/.439, 16 RBIs

Obviously Shealy is worthless meaning he should bat 8th at the highest and on the bench once Gload is back. Shealy probably won't be on the team next season with Gload elgible for arbitration and Butler coming up.

Enough of Shealy. Look at Brown. That's pretty awesome. Gload too. We need guys like them starting.

Buck isn't that great at all. Maybe he belongs at 6th or 7th in the lineup until he starts to improve in this department.

Gordon has gotten on base, but needs to keep improving his slugging percentage.

Pena has done pretty well too.

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This just underscores my anger at some Royals fans

While working yesterday, Mike Sweeney came up for the 3rd time (he had previously made two outs), and a season ticket holder was overheard to say "He'll probably get a hit here, since there's nobody on base"

This, mind you, is about a guy who has a career batting avg well over .300 with RISP and with men on base, and a guy who had driven in 5 runs the previous two games. Some people are going to believe what they want to, no matter what.

Regardless of whether you think Sweeney has declined this season (and it appears he has lost a bit to age), or whether you think he got hurt too much, or whether you think he gets paid too much, that criticism described above is simply not warranted.

by loyal2s dad on Jun 18, 2007 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

People only remember the failures

And even the best hitters get out 60% of the time. I seem to remember reading a study that had Sweeney as one of the top ten clutch hitters of the last decade.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 18, 2007 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions

When Buck Is At The Plate

He's in scoring position.

Being a fan is irrational, but what is the alternative?

by philofthenorth on Jun 18, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

best thing i've heard all day.

by wildthang on Jun 19, 2007 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions

RISP isn't worthless

but it's close. This has been proven at length by others much smarter than me, so I'll just note here that the sample size goes is way too small. If anything, for example, Gordon's OPS in this sample is higher than his current OPS. Does that mean that he's actually be "clutch" this season, relative to his standard performance. RISP, especially on a tiny sample like this, reflects pretty much no repeatable skill separable from the overall batting stats of the hitters.

So don't let it worry you, or make you happy.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 18, 2007 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

by grimsleyfan on Jun 19, 2007 12:13 AM EDT reply actions

RISP

The numbers usually tend to approximate the hitter's overall line in the long run. Sometimes there are exceptions, but evaluating player on it alone is a being bit arbitrary with the use of stats.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 19, 2007 10:34 AM EDT reply actions