Tuesday, August 28, 2007

We're overdue for another excitement update

Jose Reyes has excited us all to the tune of his line of:

.297/.368/.436
114 OPS+
.297 eqA
9 HR

Meanwhile, Jimmy Rollins has bored us by going:

.288/.339/.517
118 OPS+
.292 eqA
23 HR

And Hanley Ramirez has put us to sleep with his line of:

.332/.389/.557
149 OPS+
.325 eqA
23 HR

Now, we all know that Philadelphia's field, Citizens Bank Park, is a hitter's park, but even so:

Jose Reyes (2007)
on the road: .289/.365/.429, 4 HR

Jimmy Rollins (2007)
on the road: .292/.354/.495, 9 HR

And now, Reyes is better as a leadoff hitter because he gets on base more. However, if Rollins was used right, he would be more valuable because his power advantage over Reyes outweighs the OBA advantage Reyes has.

As far as Hanley is concerned, it's not even close. He's so much better than Reyes offensively. He needs work on his defense, but defense is easier to fix than offense. So, all you Reyes schlong lickers out there, realize something: he's not even the best SS in his division.

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