Amazing Royals Facts: Melky Cabrera & Jarrod Dyson

by Freneau on Apr 24, 2011 11:25 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

Today's Amazing Royals Fact:

Melky Cabrera was has three walks in 102 plate appearances.
Jarrod Dyson has three walks in 9 plate appearances.

It should be fascinating to see who finishes with a higher total in 2011.

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Melky's holding down the 2 spot

check his splits by which side of the plate he bats on… hint: he shouldn’t be hitting 2nd as a RH batter

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by BHWick on Apr 24, 2011 11:32 PM EDT reply actions

Most "Amazing Facts"

fall well short of amazing. Not this one, though. Impressive.

by LaFLamme on Apr 24, 2011 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

Cabbie Obviously Needs

Many more plate appearances to get that 4th walk. In the meantime, Jarry-D will have plenty of late inning PR appearances when we’re down by 4+.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Apr 25, 2011 1:08 AM EDT reply actions

In other news

Cain, Lough and Hosmer beat up on Zack Grienke. Somehow, I find this elegant and satisfying.

by LaFLamme on Apr 25, 2011 1:43 AM EDT reply actions

that spelled desserts correctly,

and was it positively velvetine?

PARADEBULATE!

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 25, 2011 1:57 AM EDT reply actions

Dyson is shorter: ergo, smaller strike zone

"Shot by my own men."

by StonewallPDS on Apr 25, 2011 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

this

it’s the only explanation

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by AtTheWall on Apr 25, 2011 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

that's suppose to be in response to the "Dyson is shorter"

I always fail w/ responding to the bottom most comment

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by AtTheWall on Apr 25, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Melky's best career OBP season was 2006...

…when he had a .360 on base. He is now on a team which espouses “aggressiveness” and that’s probably why he is hitting the ball with authority down the lines and has 7 doubles to date.

He should be further down in the lineup batting RH right now because his right side is really cold and the pressure to do something in the 2-spot is compounding that issue. His BABIP on that side is at .215 so career wise he should see a jump of .050 or so (.266 is career BABIP from that side).

OTOH, he’s .345/,371/.500 from left, where he’s rocketing LDs, although the BABIP is at a .408 clip and likely will come down (career .303).

The point is, he’s aggressive to begin with, and from what I’ve read Seitzer encourages this and wants more slugging from him so he’s even less likely to walk.

SImple: bat him lower in the order as was suggested vs. LHP and leave him be in 2-spot vs. RHP. He looks especially out of whack on the right side, but that will straighten out some, since his mechanics on that side are generally much sounder than this early season has shown.

by Leche Rising on Apr 25, 2011 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

Who would be most ideal in the 2-spot vs LHP?

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

by KeepItCopacetic on Apr 25, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions

HWSNBN

I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.

by mitchfreakingmaier! on Apr 25, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm talking about the Kansas City Royals, not the Burlington Royals.

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

by KeepItCopacetic on Apr 25, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

That's a good question - you're options are only

Aviles
Betemit
Butler
Frenchy

But Aviles is the best option to lead off against LHP, and I don’t see taking Butler out of the cleanup spot, so that leaves Frenchy and Betemit. Neither is a great candidate, but I’ve seen worse (and not just you-know-who). I mean, it’s not, say, Bloomquist.

The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Apr 25, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions