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Royals Lineup for July 3rd, 2009

Hello all. I'm a regular over at the Atlanta Braves "Talking Chop" board, but as a resident of Kansas City, I'm also a fan of the Royals. This is my first post on this board, so I hope you all enjoy it.

Let's play a game I like to call "Marvel at how terrible the Royals lineup on July 3rd, 2009 was." Here we go!

1. David DeJesus, LF .248/.300/.407; wOBA: .308; UZR/150: +14.9; WAR: 1.2
2. Alberto Callaspo, 2B .297/.348/.446; wOBA: .342; UZR/150: -9.7; WAR: 0.8
3. Billy Butler, 1B .289/.339/.440; wOBA: .340; UZR/150: 2.0; WAR: 0.8
4. Jose Guillen, RF .248/.327/.387; wOBA: .319; UZR/150: -34.8; WAR: -1.1
5. Miguel Olivo, C .253/.275/.505; wOBA: .332; WAR: 1.2
6. Mike Jacobs, DH .223/.302/.403; wOBA: .308; UZR/150: 1.0; WAR: -0.2
An addendum on Mike Jacobs: Trey Hillman continues to trot him out against LHP, despite putting up these stellar numbers: .188/.261/.275
7. Luis Hernandez, 3B .204/.235/.204; wOBA: .203; UZR/150- sample size too small at 3B, he's an above average SS, so he's probably an above average 3B; WAR: -0.2
8. Mitch Maier, CF .231/.316/.339; wOBA: .231; UZR/150: -3.4; WAR: 0.0
9. Tony Pena, Jr., SS .093/.133/.116; wOBA: .119; UZR/150: 0.2 (probably would end up being better than this, looking at his past history); WAR: -0.6

In summary: Total WAR for entire Royals lineup last night: 1.9
Albert Pujols' WAR on the season: 4.8
Zach Greinke's (last night's starter) WAR on the season: 5.5
Number of players in the major leagues with a WAR higher than 1.9: 78

Conclusion: Fire Dayton Moore. Fire Trey Hillman. Contract the Royals.

Hope this helps put into perspective just how terrible the Royals offense/defense/status-as-a-major-league-team really are.

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Welcome

thanks for sending us your “best and brightest”

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by devil_fingers on Jul 4, 2009 5:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait . . .

so despite what we are seeing on the field, the numbers indicate that the Royals suck?

That is discouraging.

by Black and Gold on Jul 4, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

5th worst team in baseball

Why don’t you contract the Nationals first there buddy? And Oakland? And then the Indians? Oh, and the Diamondbaks? Come back after you’ve taken care of those 4 other teams. Thanks.

PS. I hope you soon have JoGui running around in your outfield.

Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.

by 306008 on Jul 4, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

PPS

I think you mean “running.”

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by devil_fingers on Jul 4, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

very good point.

“running”

Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.

by 306008 on Jul 5, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because this team over the last decade has been consistently the worst

and the worst run. I love the Royals, but I have no idea why.

by AxDxMx on Jul 6, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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